noun. Purpose; motive.

noun. Advantage; good.

noun. Personal benefit or interest; welfare.

noun. Same as saki.

noun. A Japanese fermented liquor made from rice. It contains from 11 to 17 per cent. of alcohol, and is heated before being drunk.

noun. The generic name in Japan for all kinds of spirituous liquors, whether made from grain or grapes, fermented or distilled.

noun. Strife; contention; dispute.

noun. Fault; guilt.

noun. Purpose; purpose of obtaining or achieving: as, to labor for the sake of subsistence.

noun. Cause; account; reason; interest; regard to any person or thing: as, without sake: now always preceded by for, with a possessive: as, for my sake; for heaven's sake.

noun. A land-spring; a wet spot where the water oozes forth.

noun. The magma or pulpy coagulum deposited from the waste liquors of wool-washing after addition of sulphuric acid. It is pressed cold to remove water; then, with hot pressing, it yields a dark-colored, sticky grease, known as Yorkshire grease, and a residual ‘seed-cake’ used as a fertilizer.

noun. a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.

noun. Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like.

noun. Rice wine, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.

noun. Cause, interest or account.

noun. Purpose or end; reason.

noun. The benefit or regard of someone or something.

noun. Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.

noun. the purpose of achieving or obtaining

noun. Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

noun. a reason for wanting something done

"Some singular nouns ending in an _s_ sound form the possessive by adding the apostrophe alone; as, _for appearance 'sake, for goodness' sake_."

awamori  for old sake's sake  shochu  

for Christ’s sake  for God’s sake  for heaven’s sake  for sake of  for the sake of  

aim  alcohol  alcoholic beverage  alcoholic drink  design  

Ache  Blake  Drake  Haik  Jake  

account  address  advantage  amount  chamber  

account  account  advantage  aim  ambition  

saki  

sakes  sook