酒類|しゅるいshurui[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
さけるいsakerui
Definitions
  1. nounalcoholic drinks; liquor
    この店みせでは酒類しゅるいは売うっていない。↗
    Liquor is not sold at this store.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym酒さけNeutralThe everyday word for alcohol; in a narrow sense it means Japanese sake. 「酒類」 is a classificatory collective term.
  • Synonymお酒おさけNeutralA polite, everyday word for alcohol, common in conversation; 「酒類」 is the collective term used in law and commerce.
  • Synonymアルコール飲料アルコールいんりょうWrittenAn objective, formal term for alcoholic beverages; 「酒類」 appears mostly in tax law and sales licensing.
  • RelatedアルコールNeutralA loanword for alcohol (the substance), also used of drinks and alcohol-based sanitizer; common in conversation.

Use 「酒類」 for the legal or commercial umbrella category, as in 「酒類販売免許」. In daily conversation say 「お酒」 or 「酒」; for an objective, formal statement use 「アルコール飲料」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 酒さけの種類しゅるい。アルコールを含ふくむ飲み物のみものの総称そうしょう。
  2. 日本にっぽん国こくの酒税しゅぜい法ほうにおいて、アルコール度数どすう1度ど以上いじょうの飲料いんりょうをいい。「発泡はっぽう性せい酒類しゅるい」、「醸造酒じょうぞうしゅ類るい」、「蒸留酒じょうりゅうしゅ類るい」、「混成酒こんせいしゅ類るい」の4種類しゅるいに分類ぶんるいされる。(酒税しゅぜい法ほう2条じょう1・2項こう)
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