酔う
N3よう you
- to get drunk
- to become intoxicated
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
醉;晕
Examples
- まるで酔っているようだ。She looks as if she were drunk.好像喝醉了一样。
- 彼は酔いすぎていて車で帰れない。He is too drunk to drive home.他醉得太厉害,不能开车回家。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('72fe9b634b'); // 酔う
{
"id": "72fe9b634b",
"word": "酔う",
"reading": "よう",
"romaji": "you",
"meanings": [
"to get drunk",
"to become intoxicated"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1372650,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "まるで酔っているようだ。",
"furigana": "まるで{酔|よ}っているようだ。",
"en": "She looks as if she were drunk.",
"tatoeba_id": 195145
},
{
"ja": "彼は酔いすぎていて車で帰れない。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{酔|よ}いすぎていて{車|くるま}で{帰|かえ}れない。",
"en": "He is too drunk to drive home.",
"tatoeba_id": 103482
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d9b58603aeb00daad417178585c3cb93cc313100e49a11e0763c14077253a9f7",
"meanings": [
"醉",
"晕"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "まるで酔っているようだ。",
"zh": "好像喝醉了一样。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は酔いすぎていて車で帰れない。",
"zh": "他醉得太厉害,不能开车回家。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/72fe9b634b",
"JMdict ent_seq 1372650; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "8f29d9ba60ab08a08ecf05126d95b2d60f89aa098f1d32cc16e239ec5cbd27e3"
}
}