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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
- —麻薬探知犬drug-sniffing dog
- —後発医薬品generic drug
- —抗コリン薬anticholinergic drug
- —薬事監視員pharmaceutical inspector
- —無農薬栽培organic farming; organic cultivation; farming without pesticides
- —無農薬農法organic farming
- —医薬品各条drug monograph
- —医薬品開発drug development
- —高性能爆薬high explosive
- —静脈麻酔薬intravenous anaesthetic; intravenous anesthetic
- —麻薬中毒者drug addict; junkie
- —ゲノム創薬genomic drug discovery
- —緊急避妊薬emergency contraceptive
- —血管拡張薬vasodilator; vasodepressor
- —血管収縮薬vasoconstrictor
- —薬剤耐性菌drug-resistant bacterium; drug-resistant bacteria
- —禁煙補助薬quit-smoking drug; smoking-cessation aid; stop-smoking medication
- —精神薬理学psychopharmacology
- —精神安定薬tranquilizer
- —妊娠検査薬pregnancy test kit; pregnancy test
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