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独参湯 (どくじんとう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

独どく参じん湯とう

Meanings

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noun

crowd-puller; box-office certainty

Used in entertainment contexts to describe a performer, work, or event that reliably attracts a large audience or guarantees ticket sales.

彼かれの新しん作さく映えい画がは独どく参じん湯とうになるだろう。
His new movie will be a box-office certainty.
あの歌か手しゅはテレビ局きょくにとって独どく参じん湯とうだ。
That singer is a crowd-puller for TV stations.

Kanji

独single, alone, spontaneously
参nonplussed, three (in documents), going
湯hot water, bath, hot spring

Etymology

The term originally refers to a type of herbal medicine (独参湯) made from ginseng alone, believed to be a reliable remedy. The modern figurative use as 'crowd-puller' or 'box-office certainty' likely derives from the idea of a guaranteed, powerful effect.