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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
- —鎮痒薬antipruritic agent; antipruritic drug
- —遮断薬antagonist; blocker
- —経口薬oral medicine; oral medication
- —昇圧薬vasopressor; antihypotensive
- —強心薬cardiotonic agent; cardiac stimulant; heart stimulant; cardiotonic; cardiotonic drug
- —促進薬accelerating agent; stimulating agent; accelerant
- —止血薬hemostatic agent; haemostatic agent; hemostatic; styptic
- —医薬分業separation of medical and dispensary practice
- —殺真菌薬fungicide
- —二股膏薬double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict
- —百薬の長the best medicine (i.e. sake)
- —麻薬常習drug addiction
- —麻薬常用narcotic addiction
- —薬品会社pharmaceutical company
- —内股膏薬double-dealer; fence-sitter; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict; duplicity; turncoat
- —混合火薬explosive mixture
- —麻薬中毒drug addiction
- —麻薬犯罪drug-related crime
- —麻薬患者drug addict
- —黒色火薬black powder; gunpowder
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