塗り薬

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
くすり > ぐすり
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
塗り藥 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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()(ぐすり) (nurigusuri

  1. liniment, ointment, salve

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN