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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
- —指示薬indicator
- —洗眼薬eyewash
- —起爆薬triggering explosive
- —薬包紙paper for wrapping powdered medicine
- —薬用酒alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes; medicinal tincture
- —薬学者pharmacologist
- —薬局方pharmacopeia
- —薬事法(Japanese) Pharmaceutical Affairs Law
- —薬理学pharmacology
- —常備薬household medicine
- —弾薬庫ammunition depot; ammunition dump; powder magazine
- —点眼薬eye drops
- —綿火薬guncotton; cotton powder
- —即効薬quick-acting remedy; fast-acting medicine
- —制酸薬gastric antacid
- —薬学部school of pharmacy; department of pharmaceutical sciences
- —頓服薬dose of medicine to be taken only once
- —阿仙薬gambir; gambier; catechu; cutch
- —診断薬diagnostic drug; diagnostic pharmaceutical
- —市販薬over-the-counter drug
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