やけ酒ざけ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

drinking to drown one's sorrows; desperate drinking

Drinking alcohol out of despair, frustration, or to forget one's troubles. Often implies reckless or excessive drinking.

飲のんだくれる
Means to get dead drunk, often habitually, without the specific nuance of drinking out of despair.
自棄やけ
The noun meaning despair or desperation; やけ酒 is a compound with 酒 (alcohol).

やけ酒ざけUsage44%
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling. The first part やけ is usually written in kana.
ヤケ酒ざけUsage28%
Katakana variant of the first part, sometimes used for emphasis or in casual writing.
自棄やけ酒ざけUsage28%
Ateji spelling using kanji for meaning; rarely used.
焼やけ酒ざけ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the kanji 焼け can be misleading.
焼やけ酒ざけ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; easily confused with 焼酎 (shōchū).

Compound of 自棄 (yake, 'despair') and 酒 (sake, 'alcohol'). The kanji 自棄 is ateji; the word is more commonly written with kana for the first part.