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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.
この薬は錠剤タイプです。
This medicine is in tablet form.
錠剤を水で飲んでください。
Please take the tablet with water.
錠剤が大きくて飲みにくい場合は、半分に割ってから服用してください。
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 (medicine) is more common, but 錠剤 is used when specifying the form.
MEDICINE FORMS:
- 錠剤: tablet
- カプセル: capsule
- 粉薬: powdered medicine
- 液体薬: liquid medicine
- 塗り薬: topical ointment
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 錠剤を飲む (take a tablet)
- 錠剤を割る (break a tablet)
- 錠剤タイプ (tablet type/form)