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ドリンク剤 (ドリンクざい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ドリンク剤ざい

ド

リ

ン

ク

ざ

い

Meanings

1

noun

health drink; energy drink; pep-up drink

Refers to small bottled drinks marketed as nutritional supplements or quick energy boosters, often sold at drugstores and convenience stores.

疲つかれたときにドリンク剤ざいを飲のむと、少すこし元げん気きが出でる。
When I'm tired, drinking a health drink gives me a little energy.
薬やっ

局きょく

で

ビタミン

入い

り

の

ドリンク

剤ざい

を

買か

っ

た

。

I bought a vitamin-enriched health drink at the pharmacy.

Kanji

剤dose, medicine, drug

Similar words

栄えい養ようドリンク
栄養ドリンク is a more common term for nutritional/energy drinks; ドリンク剤 is a slightly more technical or product-oriented term often used on labels.
エナジードリンク
エナジードリンク typically refers to Western-style energy drinks like Red Bull, while ドリンク剤 often implies small medicinal-tasting bottles sold as quasi-drugs.

Etymology

Compound of ドリンク (drink) and 剤 (medicine, agent), literally 'drink preparation'. The exact origin is uncertain, but it likely arose as a product category term in Japanese.