塗り薬

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
くすり > ぐすり
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
塗り藥 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 塗り (nuri, smearing or spreading onto something, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 塗る nuru, “to paint; to smear or spread onto something”) +‎ (kusuri, medicine). The kusuri changes to gusuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(ぐすり) (nurigusuri

  1. liniment, ointment, salve

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN