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酔い覚め (よいざめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

酔よい覚ざめ

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Meanings

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noun

sobering up; recovering from intoxication

Refers to the process or state of becoming sober after drinking alcohol.

酔よい覚ざめにコーヒーを飲のんだ。
I drank coffee to sober up.
酔よい覚ざめの頭あたまで仕し事ごとを始はじめた。
I started work with a head still recovering from intoxication.

Written forms

酔よい覚ざめUsage50%
Standard kanji spelling.
酔よい醒ざめUsage50%
Variant using 醒 (awakening, sobering). Less common but still seen.
酔よいざめ
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in everyday writing.

Kanji

酔drunk, feel sick, poisoned

覚memorize, learn, remember

醒awake, be disillusioned, sober up

Similar words

二日ふつか酔よい
Refers to a hangover (the unpleasant after-effects), while 酔い覚め is the process of sobering up.
酔よい
Means intoxication or drunkenness itself, not the recovery from it.

Etymology

Compound of 酔い (drunkenness) + 覚め (awakening, sobering), from verb 覚める (to wake, to become sober).