錠 剤(じょうざい)

じょうざい

noun

tablet; pill (medicine)

medical

1. tablet; pill

A solid form of medicine compressed into a small disc or oval shape for oral consumption. The standard medical/pharmaceutical term for tablets.

この薬(くすり)は錠剤(じょうざい)タイプです。

This medicine is in tablet form.

錠剤(じょうざい)を水(みず)で飲(の)んでください。

Please take the tablet with water.

錠剤(じょうざい)が大(おお)きくて飲(の)みにくい場合(ばあい)は、半分(はんぶん)に割(わ)ってから服用(ふくよう)してください。

If the tablet is too large to swallow easily, please break it in half before taking it.

Usage

The formal/pharmaceutical term for tablet medicine. In everyday conversation, 薬(くすり) (medicine) is more common, but 錠剤(じょうざい) is used when specifying the form.

Medicine forms

錠剤(じょうざい): tablet
カプセル: capsule
粉薬(こなぐすり): powdered medicine
液体(えきたい)薬(やく): liquid medicine
塗(ぬ)り薬(ぐすり): topical ointment

Common collocations

錠剤(じょうざい)を飲(の)む (take a tablet)
錠剤(じょうざい)を割(わ)る (break a tablet)
錠剤(じょうざい)タイプ (tablet type/form)

Related Words

Related: 薬(くすり) (medicine (general))

Compare: カプセル (capsule)

Related: 顆粒(かりゅう) (granule)

Compare: 粉薬(こなぐすり) (powdered medicine)

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Added 2026.3.17 13:35 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29

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