肴にする · suru verb (irregular)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 肴にする | 肴にしない |
| Polite | 肴にします | 肴にしません |
| Past polite | 肴にしました | 肴にしませんでした |
| Past | 肴にした | 肴にしなかった |
| Te-form | 肴にして | 肴にしないで |
| Desire | 肴にしたい | 肴にしたくない |
| Potential | 肴にせる | 肴にせない |
| Passive | 肴にされる | 肴にされない |
| Causative | 肴にさせる | 肴にさせない |
| Causative passive | 肴にさせられる | 肴にさせられない |
| Volitional | 肴にしよう | |
| Polite volitional | 肴にしましょう | |
| Imperative | 肴にしろ | 肴にするな |
| Conditional | 肴にすれば | 肴にしなければ |
| Tara conditional | 肴にしたら | 肴にしなかったら |
expression, suru verb (irregular)
have as a side dish with drinks; eat as an accompaniment to alcohol
Refers to eating something (often a small dish) while drinking alcohol. The food is treated as a snack or relish to go with the drink.
See also: 肴 (さかな)
I drank cold beer with edamame as a side dish.
I enjoy wine with cheese as an accompaniment.
expression, suru verb (irregular)
make fun of; laugh at someone's expense; use as a topic of ridicule
Idiomatic use: treating a person or their actions as 'material' for amusement, similar to how food accompanies a drink. Often used in the pattern Xを肴にする.
See also: 肴 (さかな)
He drank while making fun of his colleague's mistake.
It's not good to use gossip about others as entertainment.
Katakana spelling used for emphasis or in casual contexts.
From 肴 (さかな, 'side dish for drinks') + にする ('to make into'). The idiomatic sense extends the idea of 'using something as an accompaniment to drinks' to 'using someone or something as a source of amusement while drinking'.