Word Meaning 上戸

じょうご jougo

上戸 is read as じょうご (jougo) and means ... drinker (e.g. merry drinker, maudlin drinker).

Meaning

English

... drinker (e.g. merry drinker, maudlin drinker)
... drunk
(heavy) drinker
tippler
boozer
sot
liker of
fan

Reading

Kana

じょうご

Romaji

jougo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 7 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Synonyms 蟒蛇,大酒飲み,底抜け,底抜け上戸 Antonyms 下戸 Related Words 飲みニケーション,下戸 Rank 40210 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

上戸は毒を知らず下戸は薬を知らず

じょうごはどくをしらずげこはくすりをしらず

drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)

後引き上戸

あとひきじょうご

insatiable drinker

エロ上戸

えろじょうご

horny drunkard

笑い上戸

わらいじょうご

merry drinker

盗人上戸

ぬすびとじょうご

person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy

突き上げ戸

つきあげど

top-hinged window shutter (often held open with a pole)

底抜け上戸

そこぬけじょうご

extremely heavy drinker

怒り上戸

おこりじょうご

quarrelsome drinker

機嫌上戸

きげんじょうご

merry drinker

泣き上戸

なきじょうご

maudlin drinker

跳ね上げ戸

はねあげど

trapdoor

鵯上戸

ひよどりじょうご

Solanum lyratum (species of nightshade)

Example Sentences

トムはお酒を飲むといつも泣き上戸になるんだ。

Tom has a tendency to cry whenever he drinks.

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