薬

薬	Meanings: medicine, drug On Readings: ヤク yaku Kun Readings: くすり kusuri Most Used Pronunciation: kusuri JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji) Grade: 3 Kanji Part: 艸 Stroke Number: 16

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Common jukugo
毒薬 - どく　やく doku -
毒薬 - どく　やく doku yaku - poison

Useful Examples
Japanese: もう薬を一服飲む時間ですよ。
Romaji: mou kusuri o ippuku nomu jikan desu yo.
English: It's time you had a dose of your medicine.

Japanese: この薬は３時間毎に飲んでください。
Romaji: kono kusuri wa sanjikangoto ni nonde kudasai.
English: This medicine should be taken every three hours.

Japanese: 一番近い薬局はどこにありますか。
Romaji: ichiban chikai yakkyoku wa doko ni arimasu ka.
English: Where's the nearest drugstore.

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Notes/Mnemonic
The top radical is a plant. The drugs from a herb EASES (楽) the pain.

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.