酒さか機き嫌げん

noun

mood when drinking; tipsy mood

Archaic word for the feeling or mood one has while drinking alcohol. Cross-referenced with 一杯機嫌 (いっぱいきげん), which is more common. Rarely used in modern Japanese.

See also: 一杯機嫌

• 古ふるい小しょう説せつに「酒さか機き嫌げんで陽よう気きに歌うたう」という表ひょう現げんが出でてくる。

  In an old novel, the phrase 'singing cheerfully in a tipsy mood' appears.