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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
- —薬用石鹸medicinal soap
- —薬用植物medicinal plant; medicinal herb
- —薬物療法pharmacotherapy; drug therapy; medication
- —薬師如来Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
- —薬餌療法treatment by medicine and diet
- —向精神薬psychotropic drug
- —薬を打つto inject a unit of dope
- —インポ薬anti-impotence medication
- —製薬会社pharmaceutical company
- —無煙火薬smokeless (gun)powder
- —薬物中毒medicinal poisoning; chemical poisoning; drug poisoning; drug addiction
- —薬理作用medicinal action
- —薬科大学pharmaceutical college; college of pharmacy
- —化学薬品chemical; chemical agent; chemicals
- —違法薬物illegal drug
- —禁止薬物banned drug
- —薬草療法herbal therapy
- —薬物検査drug test
- —薬物使用drug use
- —薬物治療drug treatment; drug therapy; pharmacotherapy; medication
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