Medicine and the Pharmacy
Take a prescription to a pharmacy, pick up tablets and powder medicine, and understand how often, when and how to take them.
N4 Topic-Based Conversation — Doctor's Visit & Health Insurance · All lessons · All courses
Vocabulary
- 薬局(やっきょく) (薬局): pharmacy, drugstore
- 処方箋(しょほうせん) (処方箋): prescription
- 粉薬(こなぐすり) (粉薬): powdered medicine
- 錠剤(じょうざい) (錠剤): tablet, pill
- 食後(しょくご) (食後): after a meal
- 一日三回(いちにちさんかい) (一日三回): three times a day
- 副作用(ふくさよう) (副作用): side effect
- 塗り薬(ぬりぐすり) (塗り薬): ointment, medicine you apply
- 頓服(とんぷく) (頓服): medicine taken only when needed
- 薬剤師(やくざいし) (薬剤師): pharmacist
- 効く(きく) (効く): to be effective, to work
- 注意(ちゅうい) (注意): caution, attention
- 受け取る(うけとる) (受け取る): to receive, to pick up
- 説明書(せつめいしょ) (説明書): written instructions, leaflet
In-lesson practice
- Medicine and the Pharmacy — Exercises (6 questions)
Related JLPT N4 quizzes
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 53 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 52 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 51 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 50 (7 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 49 (7 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 48 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 44 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 45 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 46 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 47 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 43 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 42 (5 questions)
Frequently asked questions
- What does 「薬局(やっきょく)」 mean in this lesson?
- pharmacy, drugstore
- What does 「処方箋(しょほうせん)」 mean in this lesson?
- prescription
- What does 「粉薬(こなぐすり)」 mean in this lesson?
- powdered medicine
- What does 「錠剤(じょうざい)」 mean in this lesson?
- tablet, pill
- What does 「食後(しょくご)」 mean in this lesson?
- after a meal
- What does 「一日三回(いちにちさんかい)」 mean in this lesson?
- three times a day
- What does 「副作用(ふくさよう)」 mean in this lesson?
- side effect
- What does 「塗り薬(ぬりぐすり)」 mean in this lesson?
- ointment, medicine you apply
- What does 「頓服(とんぷく)」 mean in this lesson?
- medicine taken only when needed
- What does 「薬剤師(やくざいし)」 mean in this lesson?
- pharmacist
- What does 「効く(きく)」 mean in this lesson?
- to be effective, to work
- What does 「注意(ちゅうい)」 mean in this lesson?
- caution, attention
- What does 「受け取る(うけとる)」 mean in this lesson?
- to receive, to pick up
- What does 「説明書(せつめいしょ)」 mean in this lesson?
- written instructions, leaflet
- 食事( )前に、この薬を飲んでください。
- With a noun before 前に, the particle の is needed: 食事の前に.
- 「食後に飲んでください」と同じ意味の文はどれですか。
- 食後 means after a meal, so it matches 食事の後で.
- この薬をお酒と一緒に( )いけません。
- Prohibition is て form + は + いけません: 飲んではいけません.
- 「処方箋」の読み方として正しいものはどれですか。
- 処方箋 is read しょほうせん and means prescription.
- 薬剤師に「食後に飲んでください」と言われました。いつ飲みますか。
- 食後 means after a meal.
- 「頓服」の使い方として正しいものはどれですか。
- 頓服 is medicine taken only when needed, for example when there is pain.