drinking oneself into a stupor; extreme binge drinking
Slang term likening heavy, reckless drinking to the behavior of a yakuza thug. Often implies drinking until passing out or becoming belligerent.
See also: やくざ
Yesterday I drank like a thug and blacked out.
He's a binge-drinking thug, so it's dangerous to drink with him.
Standard slang spelling combining 酒 (alcohol) with ヤクザ (yakuza), implying a thuggish or extreme drinking style.
Hiragana variant of the yakuza part; less common but still used.
Numerical goroawase spelling (8=ya, 9=ku, 3=za); mostly a playful or coded variant.
Compound of 酒 (sake, alcohol) and ヤクザ (yakuza, gangster). The term likens extreme, reckless drinking to the stereotypical behavior of a yakuza member.