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薬くすり - kusuri
medicine
Definitions
| Japanese > English |
| 薬 |
| 1. n. A medicine or drug. |
| 2. n. Usage: Only used in compounds. |
| 3. n. A substance with mystical properties, especially one that has an effect on the body, health, or lifespan. |
| 4. n. A medicine or drug, a pharmaceutical. |
| 5. n. A chemical, generally toxic and used for its effect on living organisms, such as insecticide or herbicide. |
| 6. n. A substance that has a beneficial effect in improving or maintaining one's health. |
| 7. n. (figurative) Something that has a beneficial effect in correcting one's mistakes. |
| 8. n. Gunpowder (from the “mystical substance” sense, and the second character in the word 火薬). |
| 9. n. (figurative) A small bribe. |
| 10. n. Usage: The medicine sense is probably the most common in modern Japanese. |
| 11. n. (slang) A medicine or drug, especially a narcotic or other recreational drug. |
| 12. n. Usage: The slang meaning is generally limited to when the term yaku is used as a standalone noun. In compounds, yaku refers more generally to pharmaceuticals, or sometimes chemicals. |
Pronunciation
kusuri
Example Sentences
| １時間毎に薬を飲む。 Take medicine every hour. １日３回必ず薬を服用する。 Be sure to take medicine three times a day. １日に３回、この薬を服用しなさい。 Take the medicine three times a day. ４時間おきにこの薬をのみなさい。 Take this medicine every four hours. ６時おきに彼に薬を一服飲ませてください。 Please give him a dose of medicine every six hours. |
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