Keyword
cup of liquid
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Jōyō 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1304
Old form
Readings
ぱい
(67%)
はい
(19%)
Composed of
tree
negative
Used in vocabulary (78 in total)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
chalice (for Holy Communion); Holy Chalice; Holy Grail
toast; congratulatory cup
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
sake cup; wine cup
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion
cup of poisoned alcohol
to have a drink; to grab a drink
to have one cup of sake after another
bitter experience (ordeal)
offering a drink
offering a cup (of sake) in return
to offer a cup (of sake)
glasses and plates
here's looking at you, kid; (lit.) cheers to your eyes
to drink the cup dry
let's have a quick drink
farewell cups of water
to have a drink; to grab a drink
to share a cup of sake (in commemoration of something)
to have a drink; to grab a drink
vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions
cup of sake used to drink to the establishment of a partnership, commitment to marriage, etc.; nuptial cup of sake
gold cup; gilded cup; goblet
cheap drinking spot (pub, tavern, etc.)
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
vinegar and soy sauce mixed in roughly equal proportions
small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed
pledge made over sake cups; exchange of nuptial cups
farewell cup; farewell dinner
trophy; prize cup
Emperor's cup; trophy given by the Emperor
alcohol which must be drunk as a penalty
Asian Cup; Asia Cup
shallow bowl
three cups of sake which latecomers to a party are made to drink
sake cup shaped so it cannot be put down until emptied
Davis Cup
cheap drinking spot (pub, tavern, etc.)
last cup (at a banquet)
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
cheap drinking spot (pub, tavern, etc.)
cheap drinking spot (pub, tavern, etc.)
emperor's gift cup
sake cup shaped so it cannot be put down until emptied
a nest of sake cups
Emperor's Cup; trophy given to tournament winners
glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble
small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed
only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.
Examples (156 in total)
"Will you have another cup of coffee?" "No, thank you."
"Let's have a drink, shall we?" "Yes, let's."
No, thank you. I'm full.