- cause, account, interest, or benefit: for the sake of all students.
- purpose or end: for the sake of appearances.
- a Japanese fermented, mildly alcoholic beverage made from rice.
- benefit or interest (esp in the phrase for (someone's or one's own) sake)
- the purpose of obtaining or achieving (esp in the phrase for the sake of (something))
- used in various exclamations of impatience, urgency, etc
- a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice
