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sake
1[ seyk ]
noun
- cause, account, interest, or benefit:
for the sake of all students.
Synonyms: respect, consideration, regard
- purpose or end:
for the sake of appearances.
Synonyms: reason
sake
2[ sah-kee ]
noun
- a Japanese fermented, mildly alcoholic beverage made from rice.
sake
1/ seɪk /
noun
- benefit or interest (esp in the phrase for ( someone's or one's own ) sake )
- the purpose of obtaining or achieving (esp in the phrase for the sake of ( something ))
- used in various exclamations of impatience, urgency, etc
for pete's sake
for heaven's sake
sake
2/ ˈsækɪ /
noun
- a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
The leather-faced old sots tossed their long reddish-grey locks in the air, and pirouetted round the big saké jar.
Even the little infants guzzled quantities of the yellow saké from the shallow cups of very thin red-lacquered wood.
The liquid refreshments consisted of sweet and clear saké (rice beer) tea, and cherry-blossom water.
On returning to my former kneeling-place one of the priests offered me saké and a small piece of dried fish in paper.
I found that there were 23 registered geisha, no joro, 50 teahouse girls with dubious characters and 55 sellers of saké.
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