Meaning

Primary

Pouring Alcohol

Alternatives

Pouring Sake, Filling Someone's Glass

Word Type

noun

Explanation

If you serve someone, you're pouring alcohol or pouring sake for them. You're filling someone's glass.

Reading

しゃく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

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Context

Context Sentences

お酌をさせていただいてもよろしいですか。

May I pour you some sake?

部長、女性社員だからという理由で酌をさせるのは差別ですよ。

Manager, it is discriminatory to have female employees fill others' glasses just because they are female.

何だ、お前、俺の酌を断るのか!?

What, you're gonna turn down me pouring you alcohol?!

Kanji Composition