よ
酔
　
い
さ
醒
　
め
　
の
みず
水
げ
下
こ
戸
し
知
　
ら
　
ず

expression

Proverb.
  1. a teetotaler doesn't know (how tasty) water is when waking up after having been drunk.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
よ
酔
　
い
さ
醒
　
め
　
の
みず
水
げ
下
こ
戸
し
知
　
ら
　
ず
 酔い醒めの水下戸知らず よいさめのみずげこしらず
え
酔
　
い
さ
醒
　
め
　
の
みず
水
げ
下
こ
戸
し
知
　
ら
　
ず
 酔い醒めの水下戸知らず えいさめのみずげこしらず

Contained Kanji Breakdown

drunk, feel sick, poisoned
よ.う　スイ　よい (8th, N1)
west, bird, sign of the bird
とり　ユウ　なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし　サイ　セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
soldier, private, die
ソツ　シュツ　そっ.する (Kentei 1)
nine
キュウ　ク　ここの (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
awake, be disillusioned, sober up
セイ　さ.ます (11th)
west, bird, sign of the bird
とり　ユウ　なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし　サイ　セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
star, spot, dot
ほし　セイ　ショウ (2nd, N2)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
life, genuine, birth
セイ　い.きる　う.まれる (1st, N5)
water
みず　スイ　み (1st, N5)
below, down, descend
カ　した　くだ.る (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
と　コ　へ (2nd, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ　かたしろ (Kentei 1)
know, wisdom
し.る　チ　しり (2nd, N4)
dart, arrow
や　シ (2nd, N1)
person(人) variant
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)