also: ばくしゅ
noun
Common alcoholic drink; the standard word in modern Japanese.
See also: ビール
冷えたビールが飲みたい。
I want to drink a cold beer.
ビールを一本ください。
One beer, please.
Ateji spelling; rarely used in modern Japanese. Reading ビール is a gikun (meaning-based reading).
Sino-Japanese reading of the ateji spelling; very rare and mostly historical.
Loanword from Dutch 'bier', entering Japanese during the Edo period. The ateji spelling 麦酒 (wheat alcohol) is a semantic rendering.