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はしご酒 (hashigozake) Japanese meaning: barhopping | Kotomora

はしご酒ざけ

also: ハシゴざけ

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Meanings

1

barhopping; pub crawl

The act of moving from one drinking establishment to another in a single outing.

金きん曜ようの夜よるは友とも達だちとはしご酒ざけをし

た

。

On Friday night, I went barhopping with friends.

はしご酒ざけは楽たのしいけど、次つぎの日ひが大たい変へんだ。

Barhopping is fun, but the next day is rough.

Kanji

酒sake, alcohol
梯ladder, stairs, insatiable drinking
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Related words

飲のみ歩あるく
Verb meaning 'to go drinking from place to place'; はしご酒 is the noun form for the same activity.

Written forms

はしご酒ざけUsage50%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
梯子はしご酒ざけUsage50%
Full kanji spelling; less common and may be harder to read.
ハシゴ酒ざけ
Katakana spelling of the first part, sometimes used for emphasis or in casual writing.
ハシゴざけ

Etymology

From はしご (ladder) + 酒 (alcohol), referring to moving from one bar to another as if climbing a ladder.