How to say "blocker" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounThe katakana loanword for the basic sense of 'blocker': a person who blocks, or a device that blocks something. A common word, and the natural choice for this sense.
- 遮断薬しゃだんやくnounThe medical sense of 'blocker': a drug that blocks something in the body, an antagonist. Less common than the loanword, and a medical word — not the term for a person or device that blocks.
Use 「ブロッカー」 for the general sense of a person or device that blocks something; 遮断薬 is for the medical sense, a drug — an antagonist — that blocks something in the body.
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