Word Meaning 酒屋

さかや sakaya

酒屋 is read as さかや (sakaya) and means liquor store.

Meaning

English

  1. liquor store
  2. wine shop
  3. bottle shop
  4. sake dealer
  5. liquor-store owner
  6. brewer

Reading

Kana

さかや

Romaji

sakaya

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 6559 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

酒問屋

さかどいや

liquor store

居酒屋

いざかや

izakaya

造り酒屋

つくりざかや

sake brewer

銘酒屋

めいしゅや

seller of high-quality sake

茶屋酒

ちゃやざけ

liquor consumed in a teahouse

しゅ

alcohol

酒店

さかだな

hotel (in China)

酒場

さかば

bar

酒類

しゅるい

alcoholic drinks

酒席

しゅせき

drinking party

酒気

しゅき

liquor smell

酒飲み

さけのみ

(heavy) drinker

Example Sentences

9

I'm going to the liquor store.

Let's race to the Izakaya!

I bought a bottle of beer at the liquor store.

I was given a hard time by a strange guy at the tavern.

I serve pub food to Canadian customers.

We're doing the same old routine: going bar hopping and then to karaoke.

I've made a reservation at a drinking place near Shinjuku Station. It's all you can drink for 2 hours for 2,500 yen.

I went back to my favorite pub, only to see seats with faces that I didn't recognize.

"Yamada-kun, what are you doing here?" "I'm working part-time." "You also work part-time at the cram school, right? And yet, you also work at the izakaya?" "As a helper sometimes."