覚醒剤
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 覚 | 醒 | 剤 |
| かく Grade: 4 |
せい Grade: S |
ざい Grade: S |
| on'yomi | kan'on | goon |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 覺醒劑 (kyūjitai) 覚せい剤 |
Etymology
Compound of 覚醒 (kakusei, “awakening”) + 剤 (-zai, “drug, medicine”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
覚醒剤 • (kakuseizai)
- (broadly) a psychoactive drug that stimulates the nervous system, temporarily affecting mental or physical ability: a stimulant
- (more specifically) a stimulating drug in the amine family, such as amphetamine or methamphetamine
See also
- 麻薬 (mayaku)
- アンフェタミン (anfetamin)
- メタンフェタミン (metanfetamin)
- ヒロポン (Hiropon, “Philopon”, former brand name for methamphetamine, prior to it becoming legally restricted in 1951)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN