| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 酒 | さけ | liquor |
| 酒屋 | さかや | liquor shop |
| 日本酒 | にほんしゅ | Japanese sake |
| 洋酒 | ようしゅ | foreign liquors |
| 祝い酒 | いわいざけ | celebratory alcohol |
| 居酒屋 | いざかや | an izakaya, a Japanese-style bar |
| お酒 | おさけ | alcohol, sake (rice wine) |
| 酒場 | さかば | bar, bar-room |
| 飲酒 | いんしゅ | drinking alcohol |
| 斗酒 | としゅ | kegs of sake, lot of sake |
| 梅酒 | うめしゅ | sake with plums, unripe Japanese apricots soaked in spirits |
| 清酒 | せいしゅ | refined sake |
| 紹興酒 | しょうこうしゅ, シャオシンチュウ, シャオシンチュー | shaoxingjiu (Chinese alcohol made from rice or glutinous millet) |
| 酒仙 | しゅせん | heavy drinker |
| 酒税 | しゅぜい | liquor tax |
| 酒造 | しゅぞう | sake brewing |
| 酒類 | しゅるい | alcoholic drinks, liquor |
| 醸造酒 | じょうぞうしゅ | brewage, liquor |