お酒さけ

Meanings

Usage patterns

• お酒さけを飲のむto drink alcohol

  週しゅう末まつは友とも達だちとお酒さけを飲のみに行いく。

  On the weekend I'm going drinking with a friend.

• お酒さけに強つよいto be able to hold one's liquor well

  彼かれはお酒さけに強つよくて、いくら飲のんでも顔かお色いろが変かわらない。

  He can really hold his liquor; his face doesn't change no matter how much he drinks.

• お酒さけに弱よわいto be a lightweight when it comes to drinking

  私わたしはお酒さけに弱よわいので、一いっ杯ぱいでも顔かおが赤あかくなる。

  I'm a lightweight, so even one drink makes my face turn red.

• お酒さけを勧すすめるto offer someone a drink

  上じょう司しにお酒さけを勧すすめられたが、丁てい重ちょうに断ことわった。

  My boss offered me a drink, but I politely declined.

• お酒さけの席せきa drinking occasion (party, gathering with alcohol)

  お酒さけの席せきでの失しつ言げんには気きをつけたほうがいい。

  You should be careful about slips of the tongue at drinking parties.