Word details

日本酒

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 日本酒.

Dictionary

Entry

日本酒ほんしゅNounFreq #20250
1

sake (rice wine); saké

Examples
うっ!日本酒が効いてきた。視点があわなくてまっすぐ歩けない。
Whoo! I'm feeling that sake. I'm getting blurred vision and I can't walk straight.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

4 strokesFrequency 1JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ニチジツ

Kun

-び-か

Nanori

あきいるくさこうたちにっにつ

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

5 strokesFrequency 10JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ホン

Kun

もと

Nanori

まとごう

sake, alcohol

10 strokesFrequency 1,006JLPT N2Grade 3

On

シュ

Kun

さけさか-

Nanori

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