やけ酒ざけ

Written forms

• 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).

Etymology

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.