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鎮痛薬 (ちんつうやく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

鎮ちん痛つう薬やく

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Meanings

1

analgesic; painkiller

Medical term for a drug that relieves pain; used in clinical and everyday contexts.

医い者しゃは鎮ちん痛つう薬やくを処しょ方ほう

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The doctor prescribed a painkiller.

市し販はんの鎮ちん痛つう薬やくで頭ず痛つうが治なおった。

My headache went away with an over-the-counter analgesic.

Kanji

鎮tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers
痛pain, hurt, damage
薬medicine, chemical, enamel

Related words

痛いたみ止どめ
痛み止め is a more colloquial term for pain reliever, while 鎮痛薬 is a formal medical term.
鎮ちん痛つう剤ざい
鎮痛剤 is a near-synonym also meaning analgesic; 鎮痛薬 is slightly more common in medical contexts.

Word family

麻ま薬やく性せい鎮ちん痛つう薬やく
narcotic analgesic

Built from

鎮ちん痛つう+薬やく

Etymology

Compound of 鎮痛 (chin-tsū, 'pain relief') + 薬 (yaku, 'medicine'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji composition directly reflects the meaning.