泥酔

でいすい

being dead drunk; drunken stupor

What does 泥酔 mean?

泥酔 is a Japanese noun meaning being dead drunk; drunken stupor in English. It is written as 泥酔 in kanji, でいすい in hiragana, and deisui in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

ゆうべ、泥酔のみずきは湖のほとりを歩いていて、水の中に落ちてしまった。

Last night Mizuki, very drunk, fell into the water while walking along the lakeside.