swallowing a large amount of tea or medicine
Refers to the act of drinking a large quantity of tea or taking a big dose of medicine, often in one go. The reading おおぶく is most common.
When I caught a cold, my grandmother made me take a big dose of medicine.
In tea ceremony, one sometimes drinks a large amount of tea in one go.
New Year's tea made with the first drawn water
Abbreviation of 大服茶 (おおぶくちゃ). A special tea prepared for the New Year using the first water drawn from the well on New Year's Day. This sense is rare and mostly encountered in historical or cultural contexts.
See also: 大福茶
Ōbuku is an auspicious tea made with the first water of the new year.
New Year's tea made with the first drawn water
Standard kanji spelling for the act of swallowing a large amount of tea or medicine.
Variant kanji spelling; 福 is used here for its auspicious meaning, but this form is less common and may be confused with 大福 (だいふく, 'great fortune' or the sweet).
Compound of 大 (large) and 服 (to take medicine or drink). The variant 大福 uses 福 (fortune) for its auspicious connotation, especially in the New Year's tea sense. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.