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薬
くすり
N5
noun
Meanings
1
medicine
2
pharmaceuticals
3
(legal) drugs
4
efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.)
5
(pottery) glaze
6
(illegal) drug
7
narcotic
8
small bribe
Example sentence
食事の後で薬を飲んでください。
しょくじの あとで くすりを のんで ください。
Please take the medicine after meals.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 薬 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
薬
Medicine, Chemical, Enamel
16 strokes
More words with
薬
～薬
～やく ·
medicine
N1
麻薬
まやく ·
narcotic
医薬品
いやくひん ·
medical and pharmaceutical products
農薬
のうやく ·
agricultural chemicals
N2
薬品
やくひん ·
medicine(s)
N2
Full entry on Jisho
製薬
せいやく ·
medicine manufacture
薬局
やっきょく ·
pharmacy
N2
火薬
かやく ·
gunpowder
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