乾かん杯ぱい

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

乾杯する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

cheers!; bottoms up!

Exclamation used when raising glasses together before drinking.

toast; drink in honor of

Noun or suru-verb for the act of toasting; often used with する or as a noun.

drinking one's glass dry

Rare, literal meaning of emptying the glass in one go; mostly seen in older or formal contexts.

〈事こと〉〉に乾杯かんぱいするto raise a toast to something (an event, success, etc.)
彼かれの合ごう格かくに乾かん杯ぱいしよう。
Let's toast to his passing the exam.
〈物もの〉〉で乾杯かんぱいするto toast with a particular drink
シャンパンで乾かん杯ぱいした。
We toasted with champagne.
乾杯かんぱいの音頭おんどを取とるto lead or propose a toast
上じょう司しが乾かん杯ぱいの音おん頭どを取とった。
The boss led the toast.
〈人ひと〉〉の〈事こと〉〉を祝いわって乾杯かんぱいするto toast in celebration of someone's achievement
友ゆう人じんの結けっ婚こんを祝いわって乾かん杯ぱいした。
We toasted to celebrate our friend's wedding.

献けん杯ぱい sense 1
乾杯 is a celebratory toast raised for joyous occasions, while 献杯 is a solemn toast offered in memory of the deceased at funerals or memorials.
祝しゅく杯はい sense 2
乾杯 is the shouted exclamation and act of clinking glasses together, whereas 祝杯 is the noun for a celebratory cup or drink itself, often used as 祝杯を挙げる.

完かん敗ぱいN1
乾杯 (a toast) and 完敗 (a complete defeat) are pronounced identically but have completely unrelated meanings, distinguished only by kanji and context.
トーストN1
トースト means toasted bread, while 乾杯 is the Japanese word for a celebratory drinking toast, so English speakers sometimes wrongly assume トースト covers both meanings.

乾かん杯ぱいUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling; used in almost all contexts.
乾かん盃ぱいUsage4%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 盃 is a variant of 杯.
カンパイUsage3%
かんぱいUsage1%

From Chinese 乾杯 (gānbēi, 'empty the glass'). The kanji 乾 means 'dry' and 杯 means 'cup'.