薬（くすり）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: medicine
Example sentences
- 頭が痛いので薬を飲んだ。 — I had a headache, so I took some medicine.
- この薬は食後に飲んでください。 — Please take this medicine after meals.
Idioms & proverbs containing “薬”
- 薬より養生 (くすりよりようじょう) — prevention is better than cure
- 酒は百薬の長 (さけはひゃくやくのちょう) — good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines
- 良薬口に苦し (りょうやくくちににがし) — the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; good medicine tastes bitter
- 甲の薬は乙の毒 (こうのくすりはおつのどく) — one man's meat is another man's poison; one man's medicine is another man's poison
- 良薬は口に苦し (りょうやくはくちににがし) — the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; good medicine tastes bitter
- アホにつける薬なし (アホにつけるくすりなし) — there's no medicine for stupidity
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