Translation guide
A chemical compound used as an anesthetic and recreational drug, commonly known as laughing gas.
Referring to the gas N₂O used in medical or dental procedures.
Referring to nitrous oxide used for its euphoric effects, often inhaled from balloons.
Common term for nitrous oxide when used recreationally; literally 'laughing gas'.
Possession or inhalation of nitrous oxide for recreational purposes is illegal under the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act. Medical use is strictly regulated.
The standard scientific and medical term for nitrous oxide.
Nitrous oxide is sometimes used in dental treatment.
笑気麻酔は安全性が高いとされています。
Nitrous oxide anesthesia is considered to be highly safe.
More young people are inhaling laughing gas at clubs.
More formal term, sometimes used in news reports about recreational abuse.
Abuse of nitrous oxide gas has become a problem.