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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
- —良薬good medicine
- —薬方prescription; formula (for the preparation of a medicine); recipe
- —薬用medicinal use
- —薬礼medical fee
- —薬毒poison in medicine
- —薬酒alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes; medicinal tincture
- —薬殺killing by poison; poisoning
- —薬液liquid medicine
- —薬理effect of a drug
- —薬園medicinal-herb garden
- —薬禍harmful side effects of a medicine or drug
- —薬種drugs; ingredients (for Chinese medicine)
- —薬餌medicine; drugs
- —装薬charging a gun (with gunpowder); charge of gunpowder
- —点薬applying eye drops
- —生薬crude drug; natural drug; galenical
- —推薬propellant
- —薬包chartula; bagged charge (for artillery); cartridge
- —薬疹drug rash (eruption)
- —薬名name of a drug or medicine