お酒

• 読み: おさけ
• ローマ字: osake
• 漢字の分解: 酒 (shu/sake) — alcohol, sake
• 発音: /o.sa.ke/

意味

Alcohol; alcoholic drink; sake. A general term for alcoholic beverages.

Can refer to any alcoholic drink in general, or specifically to Japanese rice wine (日本酒/nihonshu). The お prefix is honorific and almost always used in daily speech. Drinking culture is important in Japanese social and business life, with nomikai (drinking parties) being common workplace events.

例文

1. お酒は飲みますか。
2. 昨日お酒を飲みすぎました。
3. 二十歳からお酒が飲めます。

使い方ガイド

場面: social gatherings, restaurants, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From 酒 (sake/shu), an ancient Japanese word for fermented rice beverage. The kanji 酒 combines the water radical 氵 with 酉, which depicts a fermentation vessel. Rice wine production in Japan dates back over 2,000 years.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal