How to say "tablet" in Japanese

• 錠剤じょうざいCommon
  nounThe medicinal sense of 'tablet': a pill or tablet of medicine, or a lozenge. Use it when talking about medication that comes in tablet form, such as pills bought at a pharmacy.
  錠剤じょうざいのおかげで痛いたみがなくなった。↗

  The tablets took away my pain.
• 錠じょうCommon
  noun, counterAlso means a tablet or pill in the medicinal sense. In this meaning it overlaps with 錠剤, which is usually the clearer choice when referring to the medicine itself.
  ラベルには１回かい２錠じょうと書かいてある。↗

  It says on the label to take two tablets.

For 'tablet' in the medicinal sense, both words apply: 錠剤 is the explicit word for a tablet as medicine, while 錠 likewise means a tablet or pill; for the medicine itself, 錠剤 is usually the clearer choice.

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• 錠剤じょうざいpill
• タブレットtablet
• 書字板しょじばん(writing) tablet
• 錠じょうtablet