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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
- —妙薬wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
- —薬師Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
- —薬草medicinal herb
- —薬莢cartridge case
- —霊薬miraculous medicine; miracle drug; wonder drug
- —媚薬aphrodisiac; love potion; philter
- —炸薬explosives
- —芍薬Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
- —水薬potion; liquid medicine
- —持薬one's usual medicine
- —施薬(dispensation of) free medicine
- —薬湯medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
- —硝薬gunpowder
- —薬効medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
- —薬舗drugstore; pharmacy; chemist
- —薬籠medicine chest (container)
- —適薬specific medicine or remedy
- —名薬effective medicine; well-known medicine
- —売薬patent medicine; nonprescription drug
- —散薬powdered medicine