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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
- —医薬品Popularmedical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs; pharmaceuticals; medicine
- —漢方薬PopularChinese herbal medicine
- —特効薬Popularspecific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
- —薬剤師Popularpharmacist; chemist
- —薬dope; narcotic; drug
- —下薬laxative
- —加薬spices; condiments; seasoning; adjuvant (in Chinese medicine); addition of an adjuvant; meat, fish, vegetables, etc. added to rice or udon (e.g. to make gomoku meshi)
- —丸薬pill
- —偽薬placebo
- —原薬active pharmaceutical ingredient; API
- —膏薬plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
- —座薬suppository
- —主薬principal agent (in a medicine)
- —仙薬panacea; elixir (of life)
- —煎薬(medical) decoction; infusion
- —調薬preparing a prescription; compounding a medicine
- —典薬court physician
- —秘薬secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
- —百薬sundry remedies
- —服薬taking medicine