くすりづけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
薬漬け 薬漬 (dated)

Etymology

From 薬(くすり) (kusuri, “medicine”) + 漬(つ)け (tsuke, “soaking, pickling, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 漬(つ)ける (tsukeru, “to soak, to pickle”).”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くすりづけ [kùsúrízúké] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟sɨɾʲizɨke̞]

Noun

くすりづけ • (kusurizuke) 

1. taking an excessive amount of drugs (medicinal or recreational) for a long amount of time