酔う

Japanese

Kanji in this term

酔

Etymology

epu > eɸu > *ewu > eu > yoː > you

Verb

酔う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よう, romaji you, historical hiragana よふ)

1. To get drunk; to become intoxicated or inebriated. To fall under the influence of alcohol.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "酔う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms	Imperfective (未然形)	酔わ	よわ	yowa
	Continuative (連用形)	酔い	よい	yoi
	Terminal (終止形)	酔う	よう	you
	Attributive (連体形)	酔う	よう	you
	Hypothetical (仮定形)	酔え	よえ	yoe
	Imperative (命令形)	酔え	よえ	yoe
Key constructions	Passive	酔われる	よわれる	yowareru
	Causative	酔わせる 酔わす	よわせる よわす	yowaseru yowasu
	Potential	酔える	よえる	yoeru
	Volitional	酔おう	よおう	yoō
	Negative	酔わない	よわない	yowanai
	Negative continuative	酔わず	よわず	yowazu
	Formal	酔います	よいます	yoimasu
	Perfective	酔った	よった	yotta
	Conjunctive	酔って	よって	yotte
	Hypothetical conditional	酔えば	よえば	yoeba

Synonyms

• 酔っ払う (よっぱらう, yopparau)

  See the synonym section of 酔っ払う.

Derived terms

• 酔っ払い (よっぱらい, yopparai) drunkard

See also

• 酒 (さけ, sake) alcoholic beverage
• 深酒 (ふかざけ, fukazake)