Translation guide
How to express 'prescribed' in Japanese, covering medical prescriptions, official rules, and set procedures.
The doctor prescribed antibiotics for me.
Is this medicine prescribed?
A noun meaning 'prescription drug'. Use this to distinguish from over-the-counter medicine.
That is a prescription drug.
To say that something is required by an official rule, law, or standard.
Used when something is stipulated or prescribed by regulations, rules, or laws. Often used in formal contexts.
Please follow the procedures prescribed by law.
It must meet the prescribed standards.
Similar to 規定された, but slightly broader. Can be used for rules, customs, or set procedures.
Means 'prescribed' or 'designated' and is often used with forms, procedures, or places. It is a pre-noun adjectival.
To say that something is set in advance, like a procedure, course of action, or limit.
A general term for something that has been decided or fixed. Suitable for everyday use.
Please work according to the prescribed procedure.
Do not exceed the prescribed amount.
Means 'established' or 'preset'. Often used in technical or formal contexts, like 'prescribed course' or 'preset value'.
Please follow the prescribed course.
処方された is only for medical prescriptions. 規定された is for rules and regulations. Do not mix them up.
The doctor prescribed medicine.
The law prescribes the procedure.
Do not use 処方する for non-medical contexts. For rules, use 規定する or 定める. Using 処方する for rules sounds unnatural.
Please apply in the prescribed manner.
Please fill out the prescribed form.