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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
- —薬箋prescription
- —薬室chamber (of a gun)
- —薬傷chemical burn; chemical injury
- —薬店pharmacy (esp. one without facilities to prepare its own medicines); drugstore; chemist
- —薬棚medicine cabinet
- —補薬adjuvant; revitalizing stimulant (in Chinese medicine)
- —瀉薬cathartic; purgative; laxative
- —薬膳medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)
- —漢薬Chinese medicine; herbal medicine
- —薬石various medicines; medical treatment; supper in a Zen temple; rice porridge served for supper in a Zen temple
- —没薬myrrh
- —当薬dried Swertia japonica (used as a traditional medicine)
- —休薬drug withdrawal; cessation of medication
- —和薬traditional Japanese medicine; Japanese folk medicine
- —薬浴medicated bath
- —薬事pharmaceutical affairs
- —創薬drug discovery; drug design; development of new drugs
- —育薬observing and reviewing the effects of a drug after it has been released onto the market
- —禁薬quitting drugs; going cold turkey; going clean
- —薬袋prescription bag; pharmacy bag; small bottle for carrying gunpowder