sake

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Meaning

  1. cause, interest or account
  2. purpose or end; reason
  3. the benefit or regard of someone or something
  4. contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge

Concepts

sake

for

in order to

owing

alcohol

saki

account

benefit

cause

interest

aim

purpose

reason

saké

objective

advantage

rice beer

intension

object

purport

hospitality

regard

service

bring about

drinking place

Japanese rice wine

motive

call

causation

ground

occasion

animus

design

effect

end

mark

purview

scope

sentinel

sentry

tenor

view

behalf

comeliness

cuteness

favor

favour

grace

for the sake of

destination

intent

mind

point

significance

love

wine

Japanese sake

because

concerning

on account of

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈseɪk/
Etymology

From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to investigate”). Akin to West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, Dutch zaak (“matter; cause; business”), German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”), Old English sōcn (“inquiry, prosecution”), Old English sēcan (“to seek”). More at soke, soken, seek.

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