酔っ払う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酔	払
よ Grade: S	はら > ぱら Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

酔 (よ)う (yō, “to become intoxicated”) + 払 (ぱら)う (parau, “to pay”)

Verb

酔っ払う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よっぱらう, rōmaji yopparau)

(colloquial) to become tipsy, intoxicated, or drunk

Usage notes

While 酔 (よ)っ払 (ぱら)う (yopparau) and 酔 (よ)う (you) are used interchangeably for becoming drunk, 酔 (よ)う (you) is a more general term, also used for sickness (as in seasickness) or elation, while 酔 (よ)っ払 (ぱら)う (yopparau) is a more narrow term, referring only to drunkenness.

Further, 酔 (よ)い (yoi) refers to drunkenness (the condition), while 酔 (よ)っ払 (ぱら)い (yopparai) 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

Synonyms

酔 (よ)う (you)

Derived terms

酔 (よ)っ払 (ぱら)い (yopparai, “drunkard”)
酔払 (よっぱら)い運 (うん)転 (てん) (yopparai-unten, “drink driving”)
酔 (よ)っ払 (ぱら)い運 (うん)転 (てん)手 (しゅ) (yopparai-untenshu, “drink driver”)

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