How to say "cocaine" in Japanese

• コカインCommon
  nounThe standard word for cocaine, the drug. Written in katakana alone, it is the term you will encounter in news reports, medical contexts, and general discussion of narcotics.
  彼かれはコカインに溺おぼれている。↗

  He is addicted to cocaine.
• コーク
  nounA less common abbreviation that can refer to cocaine, but it also means 'coke' in other senses (the soft drink or coal fuel). It is usually not the first word to reach for; コカイン is safer.

Use 「コカイン」 as the straightforward name of the drug; 「コーク」 is a less common, colloquial shortening that can mean cocaine but often just means 'coke' (the drink or fuel).

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• コカインcocaine
• コークcoke