飲酒

Verb

 * 1)  to drink an alcoholic beverage

Etymology 1
Appears to be a shift from older readings onju or onshu, swapping the older goon reading of on for for the newer kan'on reading of in.

First cited to the  from the late 1300s.

Noun

 * 1) drinking alcohol

Verb

 * 1) to drink consume alcoholic beverages

Etymology 2
The earlier borrowing from, using the older goon reading of on for.

Occasionally found in older works with the unvoiced reading onshu.

First cited to the  of 759.

Noun

 * 1)  drinking alcohol

Usage notes
The onju reading does not appear on its own in modern usage, but it does appear in certain compounds.

Derived terms

 * : a Buddhist admonition against the drinking of alcohol