Kanji1 / 8
毒 kanji
poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ドク
Kun readings
NoneWords with 毒
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —アルコール消毒alcohol disinfection; disinfection with alcohol
- —コカイン中毒者cocaine addict
- —コバルト矢毒蛙blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates azureus)
- —サルモネラ食中毒salmonella food poisoning
- —中毒性表皮壊死症toxic epidermal necrosis; TEN
- —消毒用アルコールrubbing alcohol; alcohol for sterilization
- —アルコール消毒液alcohol-based (hand) sanitizer
- —毒気に当てられるto be dumbfounded; to be taken aback; to be rattled
- —日本環境毒性学会Japanese Society of Environmental Toxicology
- —溶血性尿毒症症候群hemolytic-uremic syndrome; HUS
- —毒を食らわば皿までonce you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate
- —毒をもって毒を制すfight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another
- —毒物及び劇物取締法Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act
- —毒薬変じて薬となるwhat is bad for you might end up good; poison changes into medicine
- —ニトログリコール中毒nitroglycol poisoning
- —毒にも薬にもならないharmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
- —中毒性表皮壊死融解症toxic epidermal necrolysis; TEN
- —上戸は毒を知らず下戸は薬を知らずdrinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)
- —下毒detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
- —激毒deadly poison