酒しゅ家か

noun

liquor store; sake shop; pub; bar

Formal or literary term for a place that sells or serves alcohol. Not used in everyday conversation; modern equivalents include 酒屋 or バー.

• 彼かれは街まちの酒しゅ家かで一いっ杯ぱいひっかけた。

  He grabbed a drink at a pub in town.

noun

heavy drinker; drunkard

Formal or literary term for a person who drinks heavily. Rare in modern speech; 酒飲み or 飲んだくれ are more common.

• あの老ろう人じんは若わかい頃ころ、有ゆう名めいな酒しゅ家かだったそうだ。

  That old man was apparently a famous heavy drinker in his youth.