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おさけをひかえる

お酒を控える

osakeohikaeru

rare

English

to stay away from alcohol

नेपाली

रक्सी घटाउनु / परहेज गर्नु

Examples

  1. 最近さいきん、お酒さけを控ひかえています。

    I've been cutting back on alcohol lately.

  2. 医者いしゃに言いわれて、お酒さけを控ひかえざるを得えません。

    My doctor told me to, so I have no choice but to cut back on drinking.

  3. 健康けんこう診断しんだんに先立さきだち、前日ぜんじつの夜よるはお酒さけを控ひかえてください。

    Please avoid alcohol the night before your health checkup.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

酒 10 strokes
控 11 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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