酔よっ払ぱらう

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酔っ払う · godan verb (-u)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	酔よっ払ぱらう	酔よっ払ぱらわない
Polite	酔よっ払ぱらいます	酔よっ払ぱらいません
Past polite	酔よっ払ぱらいました	酔よっ払ぱらいませんでした
Past	酔よっ払ぱらった	酔よっ払ぱらわなかった
Te-form	酔よっ払ぱらって	酔よっ払ぱらわないで
Desire	酔よっ払ぱらいたい	酔よっ払ぱらいたくない
Potential	酔よっ払ぱらえる	酔よっ払ぱらえない
Passive	酔よっ払ぱらわれる	酔よっ払ぱらわれない
Causative	酔よっ払ぱらわせる	酔よっ払ぱらわせない
Causative passive	酔よっ払ぱらわせられるalso 酔よっ払ぱらわされる	酔よっ払ぱらわせられないalso 酔よっ払ぱらわされない
Volitional	酔よっ払ぱらおう
Polite volitional	酔よっ払ぱらいましょう
Imperative	酔よっ払ぱらえ	酔よっ払ぱらうな
Conditional	酔よっ払ぱらえば	酔よっ払ぱらわなければ
Tara conditional	酔よっ払ぱらったら	酔よっ払ぱらわなかったら

Meanings

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.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉〉に酔よっ払ぱらうto get drunk on something
ビールにすぐ酔よっ払ぱらってしまう。
I get drunk on beer really easily.
酔よっ払ぱらって〈動詞どうし〉〉to do something while drunk
酔よっ払ぱらって電でん車しゃで寝ねてしまった。
I got drunk and fell asleep on the train.
ひどく酔よっ払ぱらうto get badly/heavily drunk
パーティーでひどく酔よっ払ぱらってしまった。
I got really drunk at the party.

Kanji

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

Related words

酔ようN4
酔う is the neutral, general verb for becoming intoxicated, while 酔っ払う is a more casual, emphatic word that stresses visible drunkenness.
泥でい酔すい
泥酔する is a formal, stronger term for being dead drunk, whereas 酔っ払う is the everyday casual word for getting drunk.
出で来き上あがるN3
酔っ払う is the plain verb for getting drunk, while 出来上がる is a colloquial, often humorous way to say someone has ended up completely plastered.

Opposites

覚さめるN3
醒める means to sober up or wake from intoxication, the opposite process of 酔っ払う, which means to become drunk.

Don't confuse with

酔よっ払ぱらいN3
酔っ払う is the verb meaning 'to get drunk', while 酔っ払い is the noun for the resulting drunk person.

Word family

酔よっ払ぱらいN3
drunkard; drunk person
酔よっ払ぱらい運うん転てん
drunk driving; driving under the influence

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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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'.