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酔っ払う (よっぱらう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

酔よっ払ぱらう

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

get drunk; become intoxicated

Casual and emphatic way to say someone gets drunk, often implying noticeable intoxication.

昨日きのうは飲のみすぎて、すっかり酔よっ払ぱらってしまった。
I drank too much yesterday and got completely drunk.
彼かれは酔よっ払ぱらうと陽よう気き

に

なる

。

He gets cheerful when he gets drunk.

Written forms

酔よっ払ぱらうUsage46%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
酔よっぱらうUsage49%
Variant with small-tsu in the middle; also common.
よっぱらうUsage4%
Kana spelling; used for emphasis or when kanji is avoided.
酔払よっぱらうUsage1%
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Kanji

酔drunk, feel sick, poisoned
払pay, clear out, prune

Similar words

酔よう
酔う is the general verb for 'get drunk' or 'feel intoxicated'; 酔っ払う is more emphatic and casual, often implying being visibly drunk.

Etymology

Compound of 酔う (you, 'get drunk') + 払う (harau, 'clear away'), with sound change. The original sense was 'to drive away drunkenness', but it shifted to mean 'get thoroughly drunk'.