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"gunpowder (from the “mystical substance” sense, and the second character in the word 火薬 (kayaku, “gunpowder”))"
],
"links": [
[
"gunpowder",
"gunpowder"
],
[
"火薬",
"火薬#Japanese"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a small bribe"
],
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[
"bribe",
"bribe"
]
],
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"(figurative) a small bribe"
],
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"figuratively"
]
}
],
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{
"other": "くすり"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɯ̟̊ᵝsɨᵝɾʲi]"
}
],
"word": "薬"
}
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"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Japanese single-kanji terms",
"Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
"Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 薬",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
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"derived": [
{
"english": "a liquid medicine",
"roman": "yakueki",
"ruby": [
[
"薬",
"やく"
],
[
"液",
"えき"
]
],
"word": "薬液"
},
{
"english": "a field or garden for cultivating medicinal plant, especially during the Edo period",
"roman": "yakuen",
"ruby": [
[
"薬",
"やく"
],
[
"園",
"えん"
]
],
"word": "薬園"
},
{
"english": "harm caused by a medicine or drug",
"roman": "yakugai",
"ruby": [
[
"薬",
"やく"
],
[
"害",
"がい"
]
],
"word": "薬害"
},
{
"english": "pharmacology, the study of pharmacy",
"roman": "yakugaku",
"ruby": [
[
"薬",
"やく"
],
[
"学",
"がく"
]
],
"word": "薬学"
},
{
"roman": "yakugakusha",
"ruby": [
[
"薬",
"やく"
],
[
"学",
"がく"
],
[
"者",
"しゃ"
]
],
"word": "薬学者: a pharmacologist"
},
{
"roman": "yakkyoku",
"word": "薬局: a pharmacy"
},
{
"word": "a pharmacist's office"
},
{
"roman": "yakka",
"ruby": [
[
"薬",
"やっ"
],
[
"科",
"か"
]
],
"word": "薬科"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ltc",
"3": "-",
"sort": "やく"
},
"expansion": "Middle Chinese",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "藥"
},
"expansion": "藥 (MC yak)",
"name": "ltc-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yue",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Cantonese",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "藥",
"tr": "joek6"
},
"expansion": "藥／药 (joek6)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 藥 (MC yak). Compare modern Cantonese 藥／药 (joek6).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "薬",
"ruby": [
[
"薬",
"やく"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "yaku",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "やく"
},
"expansion": "薬(やく) • (yaku)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese slang",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
],
"glosses": [
"a medicine or drug, especially a narcotic or other recreational drug"
],
"links": [
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"drug",
"drug"
],
[
"narcotic",
"narcotic"
],
[
"recreational",
"recreational"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) a medicine or drug, especially a narcotic or other recreational drug"
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
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{
"other": "やく"
},
{
"ipa": "[ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
}
],
"word": "薬"
}
{
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "character",
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{
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"CJKV characters simplified differently in Japan and China",
"Chinese terms with redundant script codes",
"Han char without four",
"Han script characters",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"Translingual lemmas",
"Translingual symbols",
"Translingual terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
"Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Translingual terms with redundant script codes"
],
"glosses": [
"薬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈人木 (TIOD), composition ⿱艹楽)"
],
"links": [
[
"Kangxi radical",
"Kangxi radical"
],
[
"艹",
"艹#Translingual"
],
[
"楽",
"楽#Translingual"
]
],
"raw_tags": [
"han"
],
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"Shinjitai",
"Simplified Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
]
}
],
"word": "薬"
}
{
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"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"薬"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "affix",
"title": "薬",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"薬"
],
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "薬",
"trace": ""
}
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"title": "薬",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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