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酔っ払う
酔っ払う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 酔 | 払 |
| Grade: S | Grade: S |
Verb
酔っ払う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よっぱらう, romaji yopparau)
- To become tipsy, intoxicated, or drunk.
Usage notes
While 酔っ払う and 酔う are used interchangeably for becoming drunk, 酔う is a more general term, also used for sickness (as in seasickness) or elation, while 酔っ払う is a more narrow term, referring only to drunkenness. 酔っ払う is also more colloquial.
Further, 酔い refers to drunkenness (the condition), while 酔っ払い refers to a drunk (the person).
Conjugation
Conjugation of "酔っ払う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 酔っ払わ | よっぱらわ | yopparawa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 酔っ払い | よっぱらい | yopparai |
| Terminal (終止形) | 酔っ払う | よっぱらう | yopparau |
| Attributive (連体形) | 酔っ払う | よっぱらう | yopparau |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 酔っ払え | よっぱらえ | yopparae |
| Imperative (命令形) | 酔っ払え | よっぱらえ | yopparae |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 酔っ払われる | よっぱらわれる | yopparawareru |
| Causative | 酔っ払わせる 酔っ払わす |
よっぱらわせる よっぱらわす |
yopparawaseru yopparawasu |
| Potential | 酔っ払える | よっぱらえる | yopparaeru |
| Volitional | 酔っ払おう | よっぱらおう | yopparaō |
| Negative | 酔っ払わない | よっぱらわない | yopparawanai |
| Negative continuative | 酔っ払わず | よっぱらわず | yopparawazu |
| Formal | 酔っ払います | よっぱらいます | yopparaimasu |
| Perfective | 酔っ払った | よっぱらった | yopparatta |
| Conjunctive | 酔っ払って | よっぱらって | yopparatte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 酔っ払えば | よっぱらえば | yopparaeba |