クスリ
Meanings
Noun
1. medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; pill; ointment; salve
Let's take some medicine.
2. efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.)
3. (pottery) glaze
4. (illegal) drug; narcotic
esp. クスリ
You mean you have done drugs before!?
5. small bribe
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
to do drugs; to take (illicit) drugs
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
to have medicine be effective
medicine bottle; vial
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (esp. in piano-playing); fourth toe
medicated bath
traveling patent-medicine salesman; medicine peddler
charge for medicine
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
bitter medicine
drug history handbook; drug notebook; medical diary
there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field; medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients
one man's meat is another man's poison; (lit.) one man's medicine is another man's poison
prevention is better than cure
there's no medicine for stupidity
there's no medicine for stupidity
drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)
Examples (120 in total)
Did you buy the medicine?
Is there enough medicine?
The medicine is bitter.