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ゆくろう【酔食ろう】

yukurou

Definition

Verb

  1. To get drunk; to be intoxicated; (Slang) To get smashed, to get wasted, to get hammered, (British) to get pissed

Etymology

Cognate to the Kumamoto and Saga variant ええくらう eekurau "to get drunk". Derived from よい【酔い】 yoi, the nominal form of the verb よう【酔う】 you "to get drunk"; and くらう【食らう・喰らう】 kurau, a verb meaning "to consume, to eat, to drink" or "to become, to receive".

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OrthographyForm
Kanji酔食ろう
Kanaゆくろう
Romanizationyukurou

意味:よっぱらう【酔っ払う】

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酔食ろう
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2015, February 18). ゆくろう【酔食ろう】 : yukurou | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, February 11, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3726/yukurou/.