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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
- —薬物統制drug control
- —薬物乱用substance abuse; drug abuse; drug misuse
- —股座膏薬double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict
- —自家薬籠(something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery
- —薬石無効neither medicines nor medical care having little effect on a patient
- —毒薬条項poison pill (anti-takeover measure)
- —製薬業界pharmaceutical industry
- —薬物動態pharmacokinetics
- —薬王菩薩Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)
- —医歯薬学(study of) medicine, dentistry and pharmacology
- —ＯＴＣ薬over-the-counter drug
- —薬物依存drug dependence
- —抗不安薬anti-anxiety agent; anti-anxiety drug
- —麻薬密売drug trafficking; dealing in illegal drugs
- —麻薬取引drug deal; drug dealing; drug trafficking; drug trade
- —麻薬組織drug cartel; drug ring; drug syndicate
- —薬物投与drug administration; giving of a drug; medication
- —武器弾薬arms and ammunition; weapons and ammunition
- —麻薬密輸drug trafficking
- —薬理学者pharmacologist
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