Cold & Cough
Words you may see on boxes of cold, cough and throat products.
🗣️ Ask the pharmacist with a card →Words on the box
- 総合かぜ薬
- sōgō kazegusuriMulti-symptom cold medicine
- せき止め
- sekidomeCough suppressant
- のど
- nodoThroat
- 鼻炎
- bienNasal (rhinitis)
- たん
- tanPhlegm
- トローチ
- torōchiLozenge
Common ingredient names
Names are shown in katakana on the box. This list only translates names; it does not say which product suits you.
- デキストロメトルファン
- dekisutorometorufanDextromethorphan
- クロルフェニラミン
- kurorufeniraminChlorpheniramine
- グアイフェネシン
- guaifeneshinGuaifenesin
Words on every medicine box
- 効能・効果
- kōnō kōkaIndications (what it is approved for)
- 用法・用量
- yōhō yōryōDirections and dosage
- 成分
- seibunIngredients
- 使用上の注意
- shiyōjō no chūiPrecautions
- 1日3回
- ichinichi sankai3 times a day
- 食後
- shokugoAfter meals
- 食前
- shokuzenBefore meals
- 1回2錠
- ikkai nijō2 tablets per dose
- 15才以上
- jūgo-sai ijōAge 15 and over
- 服用しないこと
- fukuyō shinai kotoDo not take
- 眠気
- nemukeDrowsiness
- 外用
- gaiyōFor external use only
- 第1類医薬品
- dai-ichirui iyakuhinClass 1 OTC — sold only when a pharmacist is present
- 指定第2類医薬品
- shitei dai-niruiDesignated Class 2 OTC — ask staff about precautions
- 第2類医薬品
- dai-niruiClass 2 OTC
- 第3類医薬品
- dai-sanruiClass 3 OTC