Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
さけ > ざけ
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
大酒飮み (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Of (おお)(ざけ) (ōzake, large amount of alcohol) + () (nomi, drinking). The final element is the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (nomu, drink).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) おざけのみ [òózákénómí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːza̠ke̞no̞mʲi]

Noun edit

(おお)(ざけ)() (ōzakenomiおほざけのみ (ofozakenomi)?

  1. a heavy drinker
    • 1935, 北條民雄, 白痴[1], 青空文庫:
      (おや)()(おほ)(ざけ)()で、ろくすつぽ()(ごと)もせず(まい)(にち)()つぱらつては(だい)(だう)()(ころ)び、(そん)(ちやう)でも(だれ)でも(くち)から()まかせに(あく)(こう)(ざふ)(ごん)()()らすのが()(じやう)(しゆ)()で、 []
      Oyaji wa ōzakenomi de, rokusuppo shigoto mo sezu mainichi yopparatte wa daidō ni nekorobi, sonchō de mo dare de mo kuchi kara demakase ni akkō zōgon o hakichirasu no ga mujō no shumi de, []
      The father was a heavy drinker, and he hardly worked and every day he would get drunk and lie in the street, and his favorite pastime was hurling all kinds of abuse as they occurred to him at the mayor or whomever, []

Synonyms edit