Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かぜ くすり > ぐすり
Grade: 3
Grade: 2 Grade: S
jukujikun kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
風邪藥 (kyūjitai)
風薬 (rare)

Etymology edit

Compound of 風邪 (kaze, cold, illness) +‎ (kusuri, medicine).[1][2][3][4] The kusuri changes to gusuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

風邪(かぜ)(ぐすり) (kazegusuri

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

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN