bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump

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汲み取るみと酌み取るTransitiveGodan verbFreq #19862
1

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to pump out

2

to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise; to take into consideration

Examples
読書するには趣旨をくみ取ることが必要だ。
When you read a book you should read between the lines.
ゃくNounFreq #23427
1

pouring alcohol

2

Dated term

person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)

酌み交わす酌み交す酌みかわす酌交す酌交わすみかわTransitiveGodan verbFreq #30434
1

to pour drinks for each other; to drink together

Examples
夜どおしシャンペンが酌み交わされた
Champagne flowed all night.
情状酌量ょうじょうしゃくりょうNounIntransitiveTransitive~する Verb四字熟語Freq #33765
1

taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration

Examples
男は情状酌量を求めたが、犯した罪に対して20年の懲役刑が言い渡された。
The man pleaded for mercy, but he was sentenced to twenty years in prison for his crime.
晩酌んしゃくNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #34944
1

drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink

お酌しゃく御酌NounFreq #34960
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

pouring alcohol

2

person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman)

3

(apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

斟酌しん酌んしゃくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #38805
1

taking into consideration; making allowances (for)

Examples
その女の人は赤ん坊が健康でないことを斟酌してくれるように頼まれた。
The woman was asked to make allowance for the poor health of the baby.
2

reserve; restraint; leniency; mercy

意を酌む意をくむいをくむ意を汲むExpressionGodan verbFreq #39963
1

to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)

手酌じゃくNounFreq #41309
1

helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink

酌むTransitiveGodan verbFreq #50330
1

to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together)

2

to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand

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