Word Meaning 酔い止め

よいどめ yoidome

酔い止め is read as よいどめ (yoidome) and means anti-travel sickness (medicine).

Meaning

English

anti-travel sickness (medicine)

Reading

Kana

よいどめ

Romaji

yoidome

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Related Words 酔っ払い,嘔吐,吐く,吐き気,酔う,乗り物酔い Rank 123040 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

酔う

よう

to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle)

酔い

よい

drunkenness

酔っ払う

よっぱらう

to get drunk

酔っ払い

よっぱらい

drunkard

酔い醒めの水下戸知らず

よいさめのみずげこしらず

a teetotaler doesn't know (how tasty) water is when waking up after having been drunk

酔い心地

よいごこち

(pleasantly) intoxicated

酔生夢死

すいせいむし

idling one's life away

酔っ払い運転

よっぱらいうんてん

drunk driving

酔いが回る

よいがまわる

to get drunk

滑り止め

すべりどめ

back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions)

振動止め

しんどうどめ

vibration dampener (for tennis racket strings)

通行止め

つうこうどめ

closure (of a road)

Example Sentences

酔い止めの薬をください。

Please give me some airsickness medicine.

酔い止め飲んどきゃよかった。

I should've taken something for travel sickness.

子供でも飲める酔い止めが欲しいんですけど。

I'd like some motion sickness medicine for children.