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薬 kanji
medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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ヤク
Kun readings
くすり
Variant forms
藥Words with 薬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —麻薬王druglord; drug baron
- —合成薬synthetic drug
- —拮抗薬antagonist (drug)
- —降圧薬antihypertensive; hypotensive drug; blood pressure-lowering medicine
- —腐食薬caustic; corrosive agent; etching reagent; escharotic
- —生薬学pharmacognosy
- —駆風薬carminative; gripe water
- —鎮咳薬cough suppressant; antitussive drug; cough medicine
- —湿布薬poultice; cataplasm
- —薬種屋apothecary; druggist; chemist; pharmacy; drugstore
- —薬種商apothecary; druggist; chemist
- —催乳薬galactogogue; galactagogue
- —検査薬diagnostic agent (esp. pregnancy test)
- —抗菌薬antibacterial drug; antimicrobial drug
- —減農薬reduction in the use of agricultural chemicals
- —茶褐薬trinitrotoluene; TNT
- —制吐薬antiemetic
- —薬力学pharmacodynamics
- —空薬莢spent shell casing; empty cartridge
- —幻覚薬hallucinogen; psychedelic
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