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🎯 Purpose or reason 🍶 A Japanese drink
sake

sake

44 7.0
A Japanese alcoholic drink made from rice
  • noun
  • /ˈsɑːkeɪ/
translation icon : sake
  • We drank more sake and beer, and said "Kampai! Kampai!" until all of us were very drunk.

And so I'm more relaxed and I go and sake gives me, gets me twisted.

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Examples

  • I was with the kids on Saturday, then Michelle and I caught a Broadway show and finished the night at that new Sake bar downtown.

    Evan Carmichael

  • The restaurant offers a variety of dishes paired perfectly with sake from different regions of Japan.

  • I like the way you drink the sake.

    Crying Freeman (1995)

  • I could smell the sake.

    Paradise Road (1997)

  • "I drink more sake, and she tips the bottle to my cup again.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Beers and sake, let's go.

    Den of Thieves (2018)

  • Not exactly fair, as I'd never had sake before, or much alcohol at all for that matter.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • We will just roll this party out to some sushi and some sake bombs.

    The Change-Up (2011)

  • Harume poured herself another cup of sake, a private toast to eternal love.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • But when she drank, she couldn't swallow; the sake leaked from her mouth, running down her chin.

    Fiction book (2000)

Idioms

for the sake of
248 3.3

To help someone or something

for Christ's sake
  • Offensive
65 9.7

A strong expression showing anger, surprise, or urgency

for Christ's sake
  • Offensive
62 9.2

A strong word that shows annoyance and makes a request urgent

for heaven's sake
  • Informal
45 7.6

People say it to show impatience or anger

for fuck's sake
  • Offensive
33 9.9

A very rude phrase people say to show strong anger or annoyance

for Pete's sake
  • Informal
21 9.0

Shows someone is annoyed, impatient, or in a hurry when spoken

for old times' sake
14 6.1

To do something to remember happy times from the past

for goodness' sake
  • Informal
10 7.6

Say it when you are annoyed to ask someone to do or stop something

for pity's sake
  • Informal
2 8.2

A person asks angrily and urgently for someone to act now

for mercy's sake
  • Informal
9.3

To ask or beg strongly when you are upset

for the plot's sake
  • Literature
8.4

To change something to help the story be more exciting

Surface Forms

sake singular
sakes plural

Etymology

Sake for the Japanese drink comes from the Japanese word sake, which meant 'alcohol' or 'rice wine', so when you order sake you are asking for Japan's rice alcohol.