アルコールarukooru

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, chemistryalcohol
    このビールはアルコール分ぶんが5%だ。↗
    This beer contains 5% alcohol.
  2. nounalcoholic drink; alcohol
  3. noun(alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym酒さけWrittenThis 「酒」 is read 「ささ」: an archaic word for sake with a court-lady flavor, rarely used today. Ordinary everyday talk uses 「お酒」.
  • Synonymアルコール飲料アルコールいんりょうNeutralNeutral generic term for drinks containing alcohol; more explicit than 「アルコール」, which also covers chemical alcohols and alcohol-based sanitizer.
  • Related酒さけWrittenThis 「酒」 is read 「ささ」: an archaic word for sake with a court-lady flavor, rarely used today. Ordinary everyday talk uses 「お酒」.
  • Related酒類しゅるいWrittenWritten/formal collective term for alcoholic drinks, common in law and tax contexts, as in 「酒類販売免許」; 「アルコール」 is also used colloquially for drinks.
  • Relatedお酒おさけNeutralPolite everyday word for alcohol, the usual choice for talking about drinking, as in 「お酒を飲む」; 「アルコール」 leans toward the substance or a generic label.
  • RelatedリカーNeutralLoanword for distilled spirits or liquor, as in 「ホワイトリカー」; often seen in product names and rarely said on its own in daily conversation.

For everyday talk about drinking, use 「お酒」. 「アルコール」 covers alcohol as a substance, drinks, and sanitizer. Use 「アルコール飲料」 for an explicit generic term, 「酒類」 in legal/tax contexts, and 「リカー」 mainly in product names. 「酒」 read 「ささ」 is an archaic, courtly word.

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Japanese definitions
  1. エタノールを含ふくみ、主ぬしとして酩酊めいてい感かんを得えるために飲のまれる飲料いんりょう。アルコール飲料あるこーるいんりょう。酒さけ。
  2. 炭化たんか水素すいその水素すいそ原子げんしをヒドロキシ基もとで置換ちかんした有機ゆうき化合物かごうぶつの総称そうしょう。
English equivalents

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