飲酒

いんしゅ

drinking alcohol

What does 飲酒 mean?

飲酒 is a Japanese noun meaning drinking alcohol in English. It is written as 飲酒 in kanji, いんしゅ in hiragana, and inshu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.

Example sentence

あいつさぁ、飲酒運転で捕まったんだよ。

He was arrested for drunken driving.