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錠剤 (じょうざい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

錠じょう剤ざい

じょ

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ざ

い

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Meanings

1

noun

tablet; pill; lozenge

A solid medicinal dose shaped as a tablet, pill, or lozenge. Common in medical and everyday contexts when talking about medicine forms.

この薬くすりは錠じょう剤ざいなので、水みずで飲のんでください。
This medicine is a tablet, so please take it with water.

粉こな

薬ぐすり

より

錠じょう

剤ざい

の

ほう

が

飲の

み

やすい

。

Tablets are easier to take than powdered medicine.

Kanji

錠lock, fetters, shackles
剤dose, medicine, drug

Similar words

カプセル
A capsule is medicine enclosed in a dissolvable shell, while 錠剤 is a pressed solid tablet or pill.
丸がん薬やく
丸薬 refers to a pill, often a rounded or more traditional form; 錠剤 is the more general modern term for tablets.
粉こな薬ぐすり
粉薬 is powdered medicine, contrasting with the solid tablet form 錠剤.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 錠 is conventionally used for tablet-like forms, and 剤 means a medicinal preparation or dose. No historical derivation is specified.