大おお服ぶく

noun

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.

• 風邪かぜをひいたとき、祖そ母ぼは大おお服ぶくで薬くすりを飲のませた。

  When I caught a cold, my grandmother made me take a big dose of medicine.

• 茶さ道どうでは、大おお服ぶくしてお茶ちゃをいただくことがある。

  In tea ceremony, one sometimes drinks a large amount of tea in one go.

noun

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

• 大おお服ぶくは、元がん日じつの若わか水みずで点たてる縁えん起ぎ物もののお茶ちゃです。

  Ōbuku is an auspicious tea made with the first water of the new year.