酔い|よいyoi[2]odaka (tail-high)

Common
えいeiok
Definitions
  1. noundrunkenness; intoxication
    酔よいを覚さますために散歩さんぽに出でかけた。↗
    I went for a walk to try to sober up.
  2. nounmotion sickness; travel sickness
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related酔態すいたいWrittenWritten/formal prose term for a person's drunken appearance after drinking; 「酔い」 itself centers on the state of being drunk and also covers motion sickness.
  • AntonymシラフNeutralRefers to being sober, having drunk no alcohol; it stands opposite 「酔い」 in its drunkenness sense.

Use 「酔い」 for drunkenness or travel sickness, as in 「酔いが回る」 and 「車酔い」; for the drunken look after drinking, use 「酔態」; the opposite of being drunk is 「素面(しらふ)」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 酒さけなどによって、意識いしきや判断はんだんがにぶった状態じょうたい。
  2. 乗り物のりものに揺ゆられて、気分きぶんが悪わるくなった状態じょうたい。
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