さかずき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
盃杯巵 (less common) 盞 (less common) 坏 (less common) 酒坏酒盃

さかずき (sakazuki): a pile of three sake cups on the left

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Compound of 酒 (saka, combining form of sake, “Japanese rice wine”) +‎ 坏 (tsuki, “shallow bowl”).[1][2][3] The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さかずき [sàkázúkí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
(Tokyo) さかずき [sàkázúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[3]
IPA^(key): [sa̠ka̠zɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

さかずき • (sakazuki) ^{←さかづき (sakaduki)^?}

a sake cup
- 1901, “Kōjō no Tsuki [Moon over the Ruined Castle]”, Bansui Doi (lyrics), Rentarō Taki (music):
  
  春(はる)高(かう)楼(ろう)の花(はな)の宴(えん)　めぐる盃(さかづき)かげさして
  haru kōrō no hana no en meguru sakazuki kage sashite
  On the high tower in spring at a cherry-banquet, sake cups are exchanged while a shadow is being cast.
Short for 杯事 (sakazukigoto): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
an exchange of cups at a drinking party

Derived terms

血(ち)杯(さかずき) (chisakazuki)

Idiom

杯(さかずき)をする (sakazuki o suru)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[2] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN