• 酒さけ — sake (Japanese rice wine)
• 酒屋さかや — liquor store
• 飲酒いんしゅ — drinking alcohol
• 禁酒きんしゅ — abstaining from alcohol
• 居酒屋いざかや — Japanese-style pub
• 酒場さかば — bar, tavern

The kanji 酒 combines the radical for “liquid” (氵さんずい) with 酉とり, which originally depicted a wine jar. It came to mean fermented liquids — especially alcohol. It is common in both everyday and cultural contexts.

日本にほんの酒さけは 有名ゆうめいです。
Japanese sake is famous.

昨夜さくやは 飲酒いんしゅを控ひかえました。
I refrained from drinking last night.