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咳止めシロップ。本番前に一口飲まないと落ち着かない!

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止め シロップ 本番 飲まない 落ち着かない

English Translation

Cough syrup. If I don't drink a mouthful before going on stage I can't settle down!

Furigana

(せき)()めシロップ。本番(ほんばん)(まえ)(いち)(くち)()まないと()()かない!

Romanji

Seki tome shiroppu. honban mae ni ichi kuchi nomanai to ochitsukanai!

Words

(せき、しわぶき)
cough; coughing; tussis
留め (とめ)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
シロップ (シロップ)
syrup
本番 (ほんばん)
performance; take; going before an audience or on-air; game; season; crucial moment; actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated)
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(くち)
mouth; opening; hole; gap; orifice; mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; gate; door; entrance; exit; speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); taste; palate; mouth (to feed); opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; invitation; summons; kind; sort; type; opening (i.e. beginning); counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords
飲む (のむ)
to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
落ち着く (おちつく)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled; to be fixed; to have been reached; to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit; to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 ガイ、 せ.く、 しわぶ.く、 せき、 しわぶき
Meanings: cough, clear throat
Readings: シ、 と.まる、 -ど.まり、 と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、 とど.める、 とど.め、 とど.まる、 や.める、 や.む、 -や.む、 よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し
Meanings: stop, halt
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: バン、 つが.い
Meanings: turn, number in a series
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: コウ、 ク、 くち
Meaning: mouth
Readings: イン、 オン、 の.む、 -の.み
Meanings: drink, smoke, take
Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet
Readings: チャク、 ジャク、 き.る、 -ぎ、 き.せる、 -き.せ、 つ.く、 つ.ける
Meanings: don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing