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風邪薬 (かぜぐすり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

風邪かぜ薬ぐすり

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Meanings

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noun

cold medicine; remedy for a cold

General term for over-the-counter or prescription medication taken to relieve cold symptoms.

風邪かぜ薬ぐすりを飲のんで早はやく寝ねなさい。
Take some cold medicine and go to bed early.
この風邪かぜ薬ぐすりは眠ねむくなる成せい分ぶんが入はいっています。
This cold medicine contains ingredients that make you drowsy.

Written forms

風邪薬Usage94%
- かぜぐすり
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- かざぐすり
かぜ薬ぐすりUsage6%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, often seen on packaging and in casual writing.
風薬
- かぜぐすり
  Abbreviated kanji spelling; less common and may be ambiguous.
- かざぐすり
かざぐすり

Kanji

風wind, air, style
邪wicked, injustice, wrong
薬medicine, chemical, enamel

Similar words

風邪かぜ
風邪 means 'a cold' (the illness), while 風邪薬 is the medicine for it.
薬くすり
薬 is a general term for medicine or drugs; 風邪薬 specifies cold medicine.

Etymology

Compound of 風邪 (kaze, 'cold') and 薬 (kusuri, 'medicine'), with rendaku voicing kusuri → gusuri.