"火薬" meaning in Japanese

See 火薬 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ja̠kɯ̟] Forms: 火薬 [canonical] (ruby: (), (やく)), kayaku [romanization], kwayaku [romanization], くわやく [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 火藥 (MC xwaX yak). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|火藥}} 火藥 (MC xwaX yak) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かやく|hhira=くわやく}} 火(か)薬(やく) • (kayaku) ^(←くわやく (kwayaku)?)
  1. gunpowder
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Download raw JSONL data for 火薬 meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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