The Japanese Cold Medicine Box Is All Kanji. One Question Gets You the Dose.
To say How many times a day should I take this? in Japanese, say これ、一日何回飲めばいいですか？ (kore, ichinichi nankai nomeba ii desu ka?).
You're at the drugstore counter holding a box you can't read a single line of. There's one question worth asking, and it isn't what's in it.
これ、一日何回飲めばいいですか？
kore, ichinichi nankai nomeba ii desu ka?
How many times a day should I take this?
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