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底抜け上戸 (そこぬけじょうご) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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で
一いっ
升しょう
瓶びん
を
空あ
け
て
しまう
。
He is a bottomless drinker and empties a whole 1.8-liter bottle in one night.
Kanji 抜 slip out, extract, pull out 戸 door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63) Related words 上じょう 戸ご 上戸 alone means 'drinker' or 'person who likes alcohol', while 底抜け上戸 intensifies it to 'extremely heavy drinker'.
酒しゅ 豪ごう 酒豪 is a more common word for 'heavy drinker' with a nuance of being a strong or heroic drinker, while 底抜け上戸 is rarer and emphasizes bottomless capacity.
Etymology Compound of 底抜け (そこぬけ, 'bottomless') and 上戸 (じょうご, 'drinker'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is a rare, vivid expression for an insatiable drinker.
