- suiyaku potion, liquid medicine
A somewhat literary or medical term for liquid medicine, less common in everyday speech than 水薬 (mizugusuri) or シロップ.
医者に水薬を処方された。
Isha ni suiyaku o shohō sareta.
I was prescribed a liquid medicine by the doctor.
子供は水薬を嫌がった。
Kodomo wa suiyaku o iyagatta.
The child disliked the liquid medicine.
⚖️ 水薬 (suiyaku) is the formal term; in daily conversation, 水薬 (mizugusuri) is more common.
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