塗り薬

Japanese

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

塗薬 (less common)

Etymology

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

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

Noun

塗(ぬ)り薬(ぐすり) • (nurigusuri)

liniment, ointment, salve

Synonyms

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

References

^ 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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: 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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

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