酔う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
酔
よ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

/wepu/ → /wefu/ → /jefu/ → */jewu/ → */jowu/ → /jou/

Shift from classical verb 酔ふ (efu → eu), possibly parsed as jefu, itself from Old Japanese 酔ふ (wepu → wefu → eu).[1][2]

Compare the development of 葉 (efu → yō, “leaf”, on-yomi or Chinese-derived reading).

Pronunciation
Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "酔う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 酔う よ​う [yóꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 酔え よ​え [yóꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 酔われる よわれ​る [yòwáréꜜrù]
Causative 酔わせる よわせ​る [yòwáséꜜrù]
Potential 酔える よえ​る [yòéꜜrù]
Volitional 酔おう よお​ー [yòóꜜò]
Negative 酔わない よわ​ない [yòwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 酔わなかった よわ​なかった [yòwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 酔います よいま​す [yòímáꜜsù]
Perfective 酔った よ​った [yóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 酔って よ​って [yóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 酔えば よ​えば [yóꜜèbà]

Verb

酔う (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 醉う, intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よう, rōmaji you, historical hiragana よふ)

  1. to get drunk, become intoxicated or inebriated, fall under the influence of alcohol.
    酒 (さけ)に酔 (よ)って暴 (あば)れる
    sake ni yotte abareru
    to get drunk and become violent
    Synonyms: 酩酊する (meitei suru), 酔いが回る (yoi ga mawaru), 酔っ払う (yopparau)
  2. (figuratively) to become drunk or intoxicated (exhilarated) by something.
    夜景 (よけい)に酔 (よ)う
    yokei ni you
    to get lost in the night scene
  3. to get motion sickness (as in carsick, airsick, seasick, etc.)
    乗 (の)り物 (もの)に酔 (よ)う
    norimono ni you
    to get motion-sick on a vehicle
  4. to get addicted
    Synonym: 中毒する (chūdoku suru)
  5. (archaic) to get poisoned (from eating meat or fish)
    Synonym: 中毒する (chūdoku suru)
  6. (archaic) to get distracted by charm

Conjugation
Conjugation of "酔う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 酔わ よわ yowa
Continuative (連用形) 酔い よい yoi
Terminal (終止形) 酔う よう you
Attributive (連体形) 酔う よう you
Hypothetical (仮定形) 酔え よえ yoe
Imperative (命令形) 酔え よえ yoe
Key constructions
Passive 酔われる よわれる yowareru
Causative 酔わせる
酔わす		 よわせる
よわす		 yowaseru
yowasu
Potential 酔える よえる yoeru
Volitional 酔おう よおう yoō
Negative 酔わない よわない yowanai
Negative continuative 酔わず よわず yowazu
Formal 酔います よいます yoimasu
Perfective 酔った よった yotta
Conjunctive 酔って よって yotte
Hypothetical conditional 酔えば よえば yoeba

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 酔 (よ)い (yoi)
  • 酔 (よ)い狂 (ぐる)い (yoigurui)
  • 酔 (よ)い醒 (ざ)まし (yoizamashi)
  • 酔 (よ)い醒 (ざ)め, 酔 (よ)い覚 (ざ)め (yoizame)
  • 酔 (よ)い痴 (し)れる (yoishireru)
  • 酔 (よ)い倒 (だお)れ (yoidaore)
  • 酔 (よ)いたんぼ (yoitanbo)
  • 酔 (よ)い潰 (つぶ)す (yoitsubusu)
  • 酔 (よ)い止 (ど)め (yoidome)
  • 酔 (よ)っ払 (ぱら)う (yopparau)

Proverbs
  • 酒 (さけ)の酔 (よ)い本性 (ほんしょう)違 (たが)わず (sake no yoi honshō tagawazu)
  • 酒 (さけ)の酔 (よ)い本性 (ほんしょう)忘 (わす)れず (sake no yoi honshō wasurezu)

See also
  • 酒 (さけ) (sake): alcoholic beverage
  • 深酒 (ふかざけ) (fukazake)

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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