風邪薬

Japanese
Kanji in this term
風 邪 薬
か
Grade: 2		 ぜ
Grade: S		 くすり > ぐすり
Grade: 3
Irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 風邪 (kaze, “cold”, illness) +‎ 薬 (kusuri, “medicine”).[1][2][3][4] The kusuri reading for 薬 changes to gusuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

風邪薬 (hiragana かぜぐすり, rōmaji kazegusuri)

  1. cold medicine (medicine used to treat the common cold)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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