(じょうざい)

じょうざい
noun
tablet; pill (medicine)
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(くすり)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)(みず)()んでください。
Please take the tablet with water.
錠剤(じょうざい)(おお)きくて()みにくい場合(ばあい)は、半分(はんぶん)()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, (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)(やく): liquid medicine
  • ()(ぐすり): topical ointment

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 錠剤(じょうざい)()む (take a tablet)
  • 錠剤(じょうざい)()る (break a tablet)
  • 錠剤(じょうざい)タイプ (tablet type/form)