塗り薬

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
塗	薬
ぬ Grade: S	くすり > ぐすり Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
塗り藥 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms edit

塗薬 (less common)

Etymology edit

Compound of 塗り (nuri, “smearing or spreading onto something”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 塗る nuru, “to paint; to smear or spread onto something”) +‎ 薬 (kusuri, “medicine”).^[1]^[2]^[3] The kusuri changes to gusuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ぬりぐすり [nùrígúꜜsùrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [nɯ̟ᵝɾʲiɡɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝɾʲi]

Noun edit

塗(ぬ)り薬(ぐすり) • (nurigusuri)

liniment, ointment, salve

Synonyms edit

塗(と)布(ふ)剤(ざい) (tofuzai) (more common)
リニメント (rinimento) (less common)

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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