飲兵衛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飲	兵	衛
の(ん) Grade: 3	べ Grade: 4	え Grade: 5
kun’yomi	irregular	on’yomi

Alternative spellings
飮兵衞 (kyūjitai) 飲ん兵衛 飲んべえ 呑兵衛 呑ん兵衛 呑んべえ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) の​んべえ [nóꜜǹbèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [nõ̞mbe̞ː]

Noun

飲(のん)兵(べ)衛(え) • (nonbee) ^{←のんべゑ (nonbewe)?}

1. alcoholic, heavy drinker, boozer

Synonyms

• 酒(さけ)飲(の)み (sakenomi)
• 酒(さけ)食(くらい) (sakekurai)
• 酒(しゅ)豪(ごう) (shugō)
• 飲(の)み助(すけ) (nomisuke)
• 大(おお)酒(ざけ)飲(の)み (ōzakenomi)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.