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薬くすり - kusuri
medicine
Definitions
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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
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