酔う
よう · you (also spelled yo)
To get drunk, to become intoxicated
- to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle), to become nauseated
- to be elated, to be exalted, to be spellbound, to be in raptures
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 酔いますよいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 酔いませんよいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 酔いましたよいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 酔いませんでしたよいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 酔いましょうよいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 酔いよい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 酔いたいよいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 酔いながらよいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 酔ってよって |
| Plain past (た形) | 酔ったよった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 酔ったらよったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 酔っているよっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 酔わないよわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 酔わなかったよわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 酔わなくてよわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 酔えるよえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 酔えばよえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 酔えよえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 酔おうよおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 酔われるよわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 酔わせるよわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 酔わされるよわされる |
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What does 酔う mean?
To get drunk, to become intoxicated. It can also mean: to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle), to become nauseated; to be elated, to be exalted, to be spellbound, to be in raptures.
How do you pronounce 酔う?
よう (you). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 酔う?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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