I Love Kanji酔う (you)
酔う (よう, you) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get drunk; to become intoxicated”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よう
- Romaji
- you
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to get drunk; to become intoxicated · godan verb, intransitive
- to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated · godan verb, intransitive
- to be elated; to be exalted; to be spellbound; to be in raptures · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 酔う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 酔う | よう you |
| Polite (~masu) | 酔います | よいます yoimasu |
| Negative | 酔わない | よわない yowanai |
| Polite negative | 酔いません | よいません yoimasen |
| Past | 酔った | よった yotta |
| Polite past | 酔いました | よいました yoimashita |
| Negative past | 酔わなかった | よわなかった yowanakatta |
| Te-form | 酔って | よって yotte |
| Potential | 酔える | よえる yoeru |
| Passive | 酔われる | よわれる yowareru |
| Causative | 酔わせる | よわせる yowaseru |
| Volitional | 酔おう | よおう yoou |
| Imperative | 酔え | よえ yoe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 酔えば | よえば yoeba |
Kanji in 酔う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 酔う.
Source: JMdict entry 1372650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.