Japanese word
薬
くすり
In your course · Chapter 20
- Part of speech
- noun
- Level
- A2
- Frequency
- No. 427 in the course corpus
Meanings
- medicine
- pharmaceuticals
- (legal) drugs
- pill
- ointment
- salve
- efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.)
- (pottery) glaze
- (illegal) drug
- narcotic
- small bribe
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Kanji
- 薬
- On reading:
- ヤク
- Kun reading:
- くすり
- Meanings:
- medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))