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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
- —試験薬experimental drug
- —大衆薬over-the-counter drug
- —配置薬medicine left by a salesman, and paid for when used
- —投薬量dosage; dose
- —薬業界pharmaceutical industry; medicine industry
- —刺激薬stimulant; irritant
- —混合薬drug combination; drug cocktail
- —無農薬pesticide-free; non-chemical; organic
- —治療薬therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
- —麻薬犬drug-sniffing dog
- —去痰薬expectorant
- —引赤薬rubefacient (substance that causes redness of skin)
- —発赤薬rubefacient (substance that causes redness of skin)
- —点耳薬ear drops (medicine); eardrops
- —爆薬庫munitions bunker
- —医歯薬medical, dental and pharmacological
- —処方薬prescription drug
- —催吐薬emetic
- —ゾロ薬generic drug
- —健胃薬stomachic; stomach medicine
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