痛み止め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
痛	止
いた Grade: 6	と > ど Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
痛み止痛止

Etymology

From 痛(いた)み (itami, “pain”) + 止(と)め (tome, “stopper”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いたみどめ [ìtámídómé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ita̠mʲido̞me̞]

Noun

痛(いた)み止(ど)め • (itamidome)

painkiller

Synonyms

鎮(ちん)静(せい)剤(ざい) (chinseizai)
鎮(ちん)痛(つう)剤(ざい) (chintsūzai)
鎮(ちん)痛(つう)薬(やく) (chintsūyaku)

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN