酔っ払う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
酔 払
よ
Grade: S 		はら > ぱら
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
醉っ拂う (kyūjitai)

Etymology

酔(よ)う (you, “to become intoxicated”) + 払(はら)う (harau, “to empty”)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「酔っ払う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		酔っ払う よっぱらう
Imperative (命令形) 酔っ払え よっぱらえ
Key constructions
Passive - - -
Causative 酔っ払わせる よっぱらわせる
Potential 酔っ払える よっぱらえる
Volitional 酔っ払おう よっぱらおー
Negative 酔っ払わない よっぱらわない
Negative perfective 酔っ払わなかった よっぱらわなかった
Formal 酔っ払います よっぱらいます
Perfective 酔っ払った よっぱらった
Conjunctive 酔っ払って よっぱらって
Hypothetical conditional 酔っ払えば よっぱらえば

Verb

酔(よ)っ払(ぱら)う • (yopparau) intransitive godan (stem 酔(よ)っ払(ぱら)い (yopparai), past 酔(よ)っ払(ぱら)った (yopparatta))

  1. (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.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 酔っ払わ よっぱらわ yopparawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 酔っ払い よっぱらい yopparai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 酔っ払う よっぱらう yopparau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 酔っ払う よっぱらう yopparau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 酔っ払え よっぱらえ yopparae
Meireikei ("imperative") 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

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