酔う
よう
Also written えう
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to get drunk; to become intoxicated
- to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated
- to be elated; to be exalted; to be spellbound; to be in raptures
Kanji
- 酔 drunk. Read as よう.
Example sentences
- 何杯か飲むと、その男は酔って気持ちよくなった。
After a couple of drinks, the guy was feeling no pain. - 運転するには酔い過ぎている。
You're too drunk to drive. - まるで酔っているようだ。
She looks as if she were drunk. - バーテンが酔って怒っている客の勘定を集計するときには、よくよく気をつけなければいけない。
When the bartender totals the bill for a customer who is drunk and angry, he must be very careful to mind his P's and Q's. - とりわけ彼が酔っているのに気付いた。
I noticed, among other things, that he was drunk.
Common phrases
- 酒に酔う (さけによう) to get drunk (on alcohol)
Words containing 酔う
- 酔いつぶれる (よいつぶれる) to drink oneself dead drunk
- 酔い止め (よいどめ) anti-travel sickness (medicine)
- 酔いどれ (よいどれ) drunkard
And 11 more.