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ビール (びーる, biiru) Japanese meaning: beer | Kotomora

ビール

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Common word›JLPTN4›Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

Common everyday word for beer, used in all contexts.

from Dutch bier

冷ひえたビールが飲のみたい。

I want to drink a cold beer.

この店みせはビールの種しゅ類るいが豊ほう富ふだ。

This shop has a wide variety of beers.

Usage patterns

ビールで乾杯かんぱいするto toast with beer
みんなでビールで乾かん杯ぱいした。
We all toasted with beer.
ビールを注つぐto pour beer (into a glass)
彼かれはグラスにビールを注ついだ。
He poured beer into the glass.
ビールに酔ようto get drunk on beer
ビールに酔よって顔かおが赤あかくなった。
My face turned red from getting drunk on beer.
ビールを一いっ杯ぱいやるto have a beer (casual)
仕し事ごとの後あとにビールを一いっ杯ぱいやるのが楽たのしみだ。
I look forward to having a beer after work.

Expressions

第だい三さんのビールthird-category beer; cheap malt-free beer-like drink

Related words

発はっ泡ぽう酒しゅ
発泡酒 is a low-malt beer-like drink taxed and priced differently from ビール, while ビール is the standard full beer.
第だい三さんのビール
第3のビール is an even cheaper, malt-free beer substitute, whereas ビール refers to genuine, fully-malted beer.
ビア
ビール is the everyday standard word for beer, while ビア appears mainly in compounds like ビアガーデン and carries a slightly more formal or commercial feel.

Counted with

杯はいN4
Counts cupfuls, glassfuls, and bowlfuls (お茶一杯).
本ほんN5
Used for beer in bottles, counting the bottles themselves (ビール瓶), not just the liquid.

Word family· 20

生なまビール
draft beer; draught beer; unpasteurized beer
地じビール
local beer; microbrew
ビール瓶びん
beer bottle
瓶びんビール
bottled beer; bottle beer

Etymology

Loanword from Dutch 'bier', entering Japanese during the Edo period through trade with the Netherlands.

黒くろビール

dark beer; stout; porter

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ビール券けん
beer coupon; beer ticket
ビール缶かん
beer can
ビール腹ばら
beer belly; potbelly
缶かんビール
canned beer; can of beer
ビール酵こう母ぼ
brewer's yeast; brewery yeast
ビール醸じょう造ぞう
beer brewing
鉄てっ管かんビール
tap water; Adam's ale
ドライビール
dry beer
ライトビール
light beer
ラガービール
lager beer

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