Translation guide
The English word "infusion" has several distinct meanings. This guide covers the most common uses: a medical intravenous drip, a drink made by steeping ingredients, and the act of adding a quality or element. It also touches on less common meanings like an extract or a formal pouring.
To express the medical procedure of introducing fluids, medication, or nutrients directly into a vein.
The standard term for an intravenous drip. Used in medical contexts.
He received an infusion for dehydration.
Literally 'drip injection', a more explicit term for intravenous infusion.
Administer antibiotics by intravenous infusion.
Refers to the fluid itself or the act of infusing fluids, often used in medical settings.
An infusion is necessary after surgery.
To refer to a drink made by soaking plant material in hot water, like tea or herbal tea.
The general word for tea, which is an infusion. Use this for common teas.
Would you like some herbal infusion?
Specifically a decoction or infusion made by boiling/steeping herbs, often in traditional medicine.
This herbal infusion is good for coughs.
A technical term for an infusion (liquid obtained by steeping). Rare in everyday conversation.
Tea is an infusion of tea leaves.
To describe the process of adding or introducing a quality, feeling, or element into something.
Literally 'to blow into', used metaphorically to mean 'to infuse with' (life, spirit, energy).
She infused new energy into the team.
Means 'to pour into', used for infusing effort, money, or passion.
Noun meaning 'injection' or 'infusion', used for both literal and figurative contexts (e.g., capital infusion).
To refer to a liquid obtained by soaking a substance to extract its flavor or active components, often used in cooking or chemistry.
To describe the formal act of pouring a liquid, often in a ritual or ceremonial context. This is a very rare meaning.
The act of pouring, but not commonly used alone for 'infusion'. More often part of a compound.
In tea ceremony, there is etiquette even in the infusion of hot water.
In everyday Japanese, 'infusion' as a drink is simply called お茶 (tea) or ハーブティー (herbal tea). Using technical terms like 浸出液 would sound overly scientific.
点滴 (tenteki) specifically means an intravenous drip over time, while 注射 (chūsha) is a general injection (shot). If you mean a quick injection, use 注射.
He infused all his energy into the project.
政府は市場に資金を注入した。
The government infused capital into the market.