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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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On readings
ヤク
Kun readings
くすり
Variant forms
藥Words with 薬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —国際試薬International Reagents Corporation
- —大塚製薬Otsuka Pharmaceutical
- —第一製薬Daiichi Pharmaceutical
- —中外製薬Chugai Pharmaceutical
- —藤沢製薬Fujisawa Pharmaceutical (now Astellas Pharma)
- —万有製薬Banyu Pharmaceutical
- —脳内麻薬endorphin; endogenous opioid (in the brain)
- —薬剤師会pharmacist association; pharmaceutical association
- —服薬指導medication counseling; patient compliance instructions; instructions on dosage and administration of drugs; guidance on taking medication
- —指向性爆薬shaped charge
- —麻薬取締法Narcotics Control Act
- —麻薬常用者drug user or addict
- —日本薬局方Japanese Pharmacopoeia
- —薬籠中の物complete mastery of or over; at one's beck and call
- —経口避妊薬oral contraceptives; the pill
- —薬石効無くno medical treatment having proved effective
- —医薬部外品quasi-drug; medicated products; quasi-medicine; product with relatively mild medicinal effect, sold in general stores as well as pharmacies
- —抗精神病薬antipsychotic drug
- —習慣性薬物addictive drug
- —無農薬野菜organically produced vegetables
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