カプセル
Meanings
1
Refers to a small container, often for medicine, or a sealed compartment. Also used for space capsules and time capsules.
from German Kapsel
This capsule contains powdered medicine.
The astronauts returned to Earth in a capsule.
Usage patterns
- カプセルを飲むto take (swallow) a capsule
I swallowed the cold medicine capsule with water.
- 〈物〉をカプセルに入れるto seal something inside a capsule
We sealed a small message inside a capsule and buried it.
- カプセルが割れるfor a capsule to break open
The capsule breaks open in the stomach and the medicine dissolves.