"生薬" meaning in Japanese

See 生薬 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kʲiɡɯ̟sɨɾʲi] Forms: 生薬 [canonical] (ruby: 生(き), 薬(ぐすり)), kigusuri [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|きぐすり}} 生(き)薬(ぐすり) • (kigusuri)
  1. a natural remedy, an herbal medicine, a galenical
    Sense id: en-生薬-ja-noun-WGbjzzvf Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 38 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 21 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ːja̠kɯ̟] Forms: 生薬 [canonical] (ruby: 生(しょう), 薬(やく)), shōyaku [romanization], syauyaku [romanization], しやうやく [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうやく|hhira=しやうやく}} 生(しょう)薬(やく) • (shōyaku) ^(←しやうやく (syauyaku)?)
  1. synonym of 生薬 (kigusuri): a natural remedy, an herbal medicine, a galenical Synonyms: 生薬 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-生薬-ja-noun-jjOIrZ6R Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 38 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [se̞ːja̠kɯ̟] Forms: 生薬 [canonical] (ruby: 生(せい), 薬(やく)), seiyaku [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|せいやく}} 生(せい)薬(やく) • (seiyaku)
  1. synonym of 生薬 (kigusuri): a natural remedy, an herbal medicine, a galenical Synonyms: 生薬 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-生薬-ja-noun-jjOIrZ6R1 Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 38 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-生薬-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 生薬 meaning in Japanese (4.3kB)

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