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酔よう

よう you Play N3 Godan verb Intransitive

酒を飲んで、酔った状態になる。 to get drunk; to become intoxicated

Example 1

まるで酔よっているようだ。

She looks as if she were drunk.

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Example 2

彼かれは酔よいすぎていて車くるまで帰かえれない。

He is too drunk to drive home.

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Kanji breakdown

酔

N1

drunk; feel sick; poisoned; elated; spellbound

On reading
スイ
Kun reading
よ.う、よ.い、よ
Radical
酉
Illustration of 酔っ払い
N2

よっぱらい

drunkard

Illustration of 麻酔
N1

ますい

anaesthesia