Vocabulary

What does 酔っ払い (よっぱらい, yopparai) mean?

酔っ払い (よっぱらい, yopparai) means a drunk person.

Quick facts
Readingよっぱらい
Romajiyopparai
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
よっぱらい
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonyopparai

a drunk person

  1. 1noun drunk person; (a) drunk
  2. 2noun being drunk; getting drunk

Example sentences

  • There was a drunk person in front of the station.

  • A drunkard was singing loudly.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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