Meaning

Primary

Drinking Party

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You know that 飲む is drink, so this has to do with drinking. Also, means meet, so when you meet to drink you're getting together with others to drink. It's a drinking party!

Reading

のみかい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings come from the 飲む vocabulary word and the regular kanji reading for . Hopefully you know both of those by now so you can apply them to the reading of this word, too!

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 飲み会に出る

    to attend the drinking party

    飲み会にいる

    to be at the drinking party

    飲み会に行く

    to go to the drinking party

Context Sentences

トーフグ主さいの飲み会はとても楽しいですよ!

Drinking parties hosted by Tofugu are so fun!

最近、飲み会で一気飲みを強要されて急せいアルコール中どくで死ぼうする学生がふえているようです。

These days there seems to be an increase in the number of students who are forced to chug drinks at parties and die of acute alcohol poisoning.

お袋が飲み会には行っちゃダメだって言うんだよね。お前んとこの親がアルコールとかに対して厳しくないの、羨ましいよ。

My mom says that I can’t go to the drinking party. Your parents are really chill about stuff like alcohol. I’m jealous.

Kanji Composition