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酔っぱらう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
酔っ払う
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Reading : よっぱらう   
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to get drunk  (see also: べろべろ)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 65,152 which gives a rank of 13,899
酔っ払う is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 160,000 (about 494,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1613 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 34 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
なんど
何度
やめましょ
った
のに
なんばい
何杯
ワイン
--
らん
とお
ぱら
って
ハイなってしまったである
I kept saying "Let's stop" but she drained cup after cup of wine -- and now, as you can see, she's completely drunk.
バリー
ときどき
時々
ぱら

Barry hits the bottle every now and then.
ぱら
って
おそ
いえ
かえ
った
せい
おこ
った
にょうぼう
女房
ていしゅ
亭主
ってかかり
ていしゅ
亭主
ひっぱたいた
When the husband came home late and drunk, his angry wife screamed at him and hit him.
酔払う
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Reading : よっぱらう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 181,000 (about 392,000 results)
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酔っぱらう
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Reading : よっぱらう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 199,000 (about 269,000 results)
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スイ   drunk   よ to be drunk, feel sick   
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nine out of ten
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
フツ    to pay; to dispose of   はら to pay   
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ム   private
hand
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