Poison and toxicity with 毒
The kanji 毒 means poison or something harmful in a concentrated way. It also covers figurative harm such as cruel words or corrosive influence.
Toxic Effects
中毒 (Poisoning)
中毒 means poisoning, intoxication, or addiction to a substance or activity.
It combines 中 (inside) with 毒 (poison) to show poison taking effect within.
Cocoa wonders why it is that she didn’t like coffee before, but she’s crazy about the coffee Chino makes.
- チノ:
- 「でもココアさんは味の違いわからないじゃないですか」
- “But you don't know the difference in taste, right?”
- 「ただのカフェイン中毒ですよ」
- “That makes it just a caffine addiction.”
- “But you don't know the difference in taste, right?”
- ココア:
- 「中毒扱いされた…」
- “I got treated like an addict...”
Toxic Substances
毒 (Poison)
毒 means poison. It also describes anything harmful, including a corrupting influence or malicious words. A client tells Detective Mouri about the condition in which she found her deceased husband. Hearing the details, Conan identifies the likely poison, including the composition, the dosage required to kill, and the internal effects it has on a person. When Ran asks how he knows all this, Conan covers by saying the monster villain on the kid’s TV show he watched explained it.
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毒物 (Poisonous substance)
毒物 means a poisonous substance that can damage health or cause death.
It combines 毒 (poison) with 物 (thing) to show a poisonous thing.
Inspector Megure suggests the murder suspect committed suicide by drowning himself. The medical examiner disagrees.
- 監察医:
- 「ですが死因は溺死ではありません…」
- “However, drowning wasn't the cause of death...”
- 目暮:
- 「え？」
- “What?”
- 監察医:
- 「解剖してみないと断定できませんが… おそらく毒物を飲んだあと池に入ったものと…」
- “I can't say for certain without an autopsy... but it's likely he took poison and then entered the pond...”