Word Meaning 飲酒運転

いんしゅうんてん inshuunten

飲酒運転 is read as いんしゅうんてん (inshuunten) and means drunk driving.

Meaning

English

  1. drunk driving
  2. drink-driving
  3. driving while intoxicated
  4. drinking and driving
  5. driving under the influence (of alcohol)

Reading

Kana

いんしゅうんてん

Romaji

inshuunten

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 45 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Related Words 酔っ払い,運転,酒気帯び運転,酒酔い運転,アルコールチェック,アルコール検知器,飲み会, Rank 24935 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

酒気帯運転

しゅきおびうんてん

drunk driving

飲酒

いんしゅ

drinking alcohol

飲酒家

いんしゅか

drinker

飲酒店

いんしゅてん

drinking establishment

飲酒の害

いんしゅのがい

ill effects of drinking

飲酒

おんじゅ

Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol

折り返し運転

おりかえしうんてん

shuttling back and forth

安全運転

あんぜんうんてん

safe driving

十分置きに運転

じゅっぷんおきにうんてん

operating on a ten-minute schedule

連続運転

れんぞくうんてん

continuous operation (of a machine, etc.)

間引き運転

まびきうんてん

curtailed transit schedule

直通運転

ちょくつううんてん

through train

Example Sentences

7

Drunk driving is a serious problem.

Tom was arrested for drunken driving.

I dreamt I was driving drunk.

Tom pleaded no contest to a charge of drunken driving.

Driving after drinking alcohol is not acceptable behavior.

He was arrested for drunken driving.

The city is cracking down on drunk drivers and giving them fines.