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Kotomora

ピル

ピ
ル
Common wordFreq.Top 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

pill

A small medicine in pill form. In everyday Japanese, 錠剤 is often the more general word for a tablet, while ピル can sound like a loanword-style or product-like term.

2

noun

birth-control pill; oral contraceptive; the pill

Colloquial shorthand for an oral contraceptive; common in expressions such as 低用量ピル and ピルを服用する.

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