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酒癖が悪い (さけぐせがわるい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, i-adjective
bad drunk ; nasty when drunk
Describes a person whose personality changes for the worse when they drink alcohol, often becoming aggressive, emotional, or troublesome. The related form 酒癖の悪い is also common.
See also: 酒癖の悪い
酒さけ 癖ぐせ が 悪わる い 人ひと と 一いっ 緒しょ に 飲の む の は 疲つか れる 。
It's tiring to drink with someone who gets nasty when drunk.
Similar words 酒さけ 癖ぐせ 酒癖 is a noun meaning 'drinking habits' or 'behavior when drunk'; 酒癖が悪い is the full adjectival phrase meaning 'to have bad drinking habits'.
酒しゅ 乱らん 酒乱 is a noun for a person who becomes violent or uncontrollable when drunk, a stronger and more specific term than 酒癖が悪い.
Etymology Compound of 酒 (sake, 'alcohol'), 癖 (kuse, 'habit'), and the phrase が悪い (ga warui, 'is bad'). The expression literally means 'one's drinking habit is bad'.
