パラセタモール
parasetamooru
The Japanese phrase for paracetamol is パラセタモール (parasetamooru).
パラセタモール refers to the common medication used to relieve pain and reduce fever.
Which one should you use?
The formal name for paracetamol is アセトアミノフェン.
How do you pronounce it?
parasetamooru
Did you know?
- In Japan, medicines for fever and pain are often categorized as 解熱鎮痛薬, which literally means 'heat-removing pain-quieting medicine'.
- While 'paracetamol' is understood, if you ask for パラセタモール at a Japanese pharmacy, the staff might look confused because the medicine is almost exclusively sold under the name アセトアミノフェン.
- In Japan, instead of asking for 'paracetamol', people often look for 'ibuprofen' (イブプロフェン) or 'loxoprofen' (ロキソプロフェン) as their primary go-to pain relievers.
Examples in context
- アセトアミノフェンは一般的に使われています。Acetaminophen is commonly used.
Example conversation
Kenta is feeling unwell at home.
- 健太 Kenta熱があるみたいだ。netsu ga aru mitai da.I think I have a fever.
- 美咲 Misakiパラセタモールを飲みますか？parasetamōru o nomimasu ka?Will you take some paracetamol?
- 健太 Kentaうん、お願いするよ。un, onegai suru yo.Yes, please.
- 美咲 Misakiはい、どうぞ。hai, dōzo.Here you go.
