斗と酒しゅ

noun

kegs of sake; a lot of sake

Literary or historical term referring to a large quantity of sake, often measured in 斗 (to; about 18 liters). Not used in everyday conversation; appears in classical texts or set phrases.

• 彼かれは斗と酒しゅなお辞じせずという勢いきおいで酒さけを飲のんだ。

  He drank with the vigor of one who wouldn't refuse even a keg of sake.

• 「斗と酒しゅなお辞じせず」は、大たい酒しゅを飲のむ豪ごう快かいさを表あらわす故こ事じ成せい語ごだ。

  The phrase 'toshunaojisezu' is a classical idiom describing a heroic capacity for drinking.