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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
- —強綿薬guncotton
- —催眠薬sleeping medicine
- —睡眠薬sleeping pill; sleep medication
- —鎮痛薬analgesic
- —点火薬priming powders
- —点鼻薬nose drops
- —内服薬medicine taken internally
- —内用薬medicine taken internally
- —必治薬necessity guaranteed to cure
- —麻酔薬anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
- —薬効物medically effective ingredient
- —予防薬prophylactic (drug); preventive medicine
- —万能薬universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
- —胃腸薬digestive medicine; medicine for the stomach and bowels
- —治験薬investigational new drug
- —発射薬propellant
- —加薬飯casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
- —火薬庫gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; powder keg
- —消毒薬disinfectant
- —避妊薬contraceptive; birth control drug
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