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酔っ払い (よっぱらい): drunkard — Japanese vocabulary

酔っ払い is read よっぱらい and means "drunkard". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

酔っ払い

Reading
よっぱらい · yopparai
Translation
drunkard
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
よっぱらいが

Example

その酔っ払いはまっすぐ歩けなかった。

そのよっぱらいはまっすぐあるけなかった。

The drunken man couldn't walk straight.

Kanji in this word

  • 酔 — drunk
  • 払 — Pay, Clear Out, Prune

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