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TOPIK 4noun

소화제

sohwaje

소화제가 · 소화제를

digestive medicine, digestive aid

Example

점심을 너무 많이 먹어서 소화제를 먹었어요.

I ate too much lunch, so I took a digestive aid.

Word parts

소 dissolve화 transform제 drug

Literally 'digesting drug.'

Good to know

Koreans reach for 소화제 when they 체하다 — that heavy, 'blocked' feeling after eating.