Meaning

Primary

Drinker

Alternative

Alcoholic

Word Type

noun, な adjective

Explanation

When you like alcohol a lot, you're probably a heavy drinker.

Reading

さけずき
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is all kun'yomi vocab reading here as you can probably guess from the hiragana sticking out on the end. You should know the readings of these as separate words already ( and 好き) which means all you need to pay attention to is the rendaku of すき to ずき.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 酒好きがいる

    there is a drinker

    酒好きがえらぶ

    a drinker chooses, drinker's choice

    酒好きが集まる

    the drinkers gather

Context Sentences

私の彼氏は酒好きです。

My boyfriend is a drinker.

あの酒好き、今日も朝から引っかけてやがるぜ。

That alcoholic is drinking in the morning again today.

私の妻は酒好きなので、アル中にならないか心配だ。

My wife is a drinker and I’m worried about her becoming an alcoholic.

Kanji Composition