くすり
Meanings
Noun
1. medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; pill; ointment; salve
2. efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.)
3. (pottery) glaze
4. (illegal) drug; narcotic
5. small bribe
Kanji used
medicine
Pitch accent
すり
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Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
① 薬を売る店。薬を売る人。「薬局」などと比べて平俗で親しみやすいニュアンスがある。② 製薬会社およびその社員。多くはなかば自嘲的、揶揄的に言う。③ ろくに診察をしないまま安易に薬を処方しようとする医者を指す蔑称。
① 人間の手足の指のうち、親指から数えて4本目にある指。
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
medicine bottle; vial
charge for medicine
① 長期間、必要以上に薬を服用していること。
harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
bitter medicine
to do drugs; to take (illicit) drugs
effectiveness of a drug; efficacy of a drug
to apply medicine
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
drug history handbook; drug notebook; medical diary
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field; medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients; (lit.) medicine ten times
to apply medicine
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
prevention is better than cure
one man's meat is another man's poison; (lit.) one man's medicine is another man's poison
drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)
there's no medicine for stupidity
there's no medicine for stupidity
there's no medicine for stupidity
there's no medicine for stupidity
Examples (89 in total)
Did you buy the medicine?
Do you have some good medicine?
Sleep is the best medicine.