覚醒剤

Japanese

Kanji in this term
覚	醒	剤
かく Grade: 4	せい Grade: S	ざい Grade: S
on’yomi	kan’on	goon

Alternative spellings
覺醒劑 (kyūjitai) 覚せい剤

Etymology

Compound of 覚醒 (kakusei, “awakening”) +‎ 剤 (-zai, “drug, medicine”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かくせーざい [kàkúséꜜèzàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝse̞ːza̠i]

Noun

覚(かく)醒(せい)剤(ざい) • (kakuseizai)

(broadly) a psychoactive drug that stimulates the nervous system, temporarily affecting mental or physical ability: a stimulant
(more specifically) a stimulating drug in the amine family, such as amphetamine or methamphetamine
Synonyms: (slang) シャブ (shabu), (technical term) 覚醒アミン (kakusei amin)

See also

アンフェタミン (anfetamin)
メタンフェタミン (metanfetamin)
ヒロポン (Hiropon, “Philopon”, former brand name for methamphetamine, prior to it becoming legally restricted in 1951)

References

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

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