塗り薬

Japanese

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

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

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

Alternative forms

塗薬 (less common)

Noun

塗り薬 (hiragana ぬりぐすり, rōmaji nurigusuri)

liniment, ointment, salve

Synonyms

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

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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