Heavy drinker/light drinker - Jogogeko

Japanese: 上戸・下戸 - じょうごげこ
Heavy drinker/light drinker - Jogogeko
A joto is someone who drinks a lot of alcohol, and a geto is someone who cannot drink alcohol. Both terms were used in the Heian period, with joto appearing in the Daikagura and geto in the Iroha Jiruishō. Also, in works such as the Nishinomiyaki, the term kouko is used instead of joto. In China, the terms taikosho and taiko had been used since before the Tang dynasty, and the term takato was also used. The terms joto and geto are thought to have evolved from these. The term chuuko also appears in the Muromachi period book Shuhanron.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
上戸は酒を多く飲む人,下戸は酒が飲めぬ人をいう。いずれも平安時代には使われていた語で,上戸は《大鏡》,下戸は《色葉字類抄》に見られる。また,《西宮記》などでは上戸ではなく高戸(こうこ)という呼び方をしている。中国では唐代以前から〈大戸・小戸(たいこしようこ)〉という呼び方があり,高戸の語も使われていた。上戸,下戸の語はそれらからの変化と思われる。室町期の《酒飯論(しゆはんろん)》には〈中戸(ちゆうこ)〉という語も見える。

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