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酔っ払う

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
はら > ぱら
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
醉っ拂う (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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() (you, to become intoxicated) + (はら) (harau, to empty)

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「酔っ払う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
酔っ払う っぱらう [yòppáráú]
Imperative (命令形) 酔っ払え っぱらえ [yòppáráé]
Key constructions
Passive - - -
Causative 酔っ払わせる っぱらわせる [yòppáráwásérú]
Potential 酔っ払える っぱらえる [yòppáráérú]
Volitional 酔っ払おう っぱらお [yòppáráóꜜò]
Negative 酔っ払わない っぱらわない [yòppáráwánáí]
Negative perfective 酔っ払わなかった っぱらわなかった [yòppáráwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 酔っ払います っぱらいま [yòppáráímáꜜsù]
Perfective 酔っ払った っぱらった [yòppáráttá]
Conjunctive 酔っ払って っぱらって [yòppárátté]
Hypothetical conditional 酔っ払えば っぱらえ [yòppáráéꜜbà]

Verb

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()(ぱら) (yopparauintransitive godan (stem ()(ぱら) (yopparai), past ()(ぱら)った (yopparatta))

  1. (colloquial) to become tipsy, intoxicated, or drunk

Usage notes

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While ()(ぱら) (yopparau) and () (you) are used interchangeably for becoming drunk, () (you) is a more general term, also used for sickness (as in seasickness) or elation, while ()(ぱら) (yopparau) is a more narrow term, referring only to drunkenness.

Further, () (yoi) refers to drunkenness (the condition), while ()(ぱら) (yopparai) refers to a drunk (the person).

Conjugation

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