Headache & Pain
Words you may see on boxes of fever and pain relievers.
🗣️ Ask the pharmacist with a card →Words on the box
- 解熱鎮痛薬
- genetsu chintsūyakuFever and pain reliever
- 頭痛
- zutsūHeadache
- 生理痛
- seiritsūPeriod pain
- 歯痛
- shitsūToothache
- 発熱
- hatsunetsuFever
Common ingredient names
Names are shown in katakana on the box. This list only translates names; it does not say which product suits you.
- ロキソプロフェン
- rokisopurofenLoxoprofen
- イブプロフェン
- ibupurofenIbuprofen
- アセトアミノフェン
- asetoaminofenAcetaminophen (paracetamol)
- アセチルサリチル酸
- asechiru sarichiru-sanAcetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
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