ドラッグ

also: ドラック

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Meanings

1

General term for pharmaceutical drugs and medicines, often used in medical or scientific contexts.

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This drug is said to have few side effects.

新あたらしいドラッグの開かい発はつには長ながい時じ間かんがかかる。

Developing a new drug takes a long time.

2

illegal drug; narcotics

Refers specifically to illegal or recreational drugs; often used in news or legal contexts.

ドラッグを使し用ようするto use drugs
彼かれは若わかい頃ころにドラッグを使し用ようしていた。
He used drugs when he was young.
ドラッグに手てを出だすto get involved with drugs (start using them)
彼かの女じょは友ゆう人じんに誘さそわれてドラッグに手てを出だしてしまった。
She got drawn into drugs after a friend invited her.
ドラッグを密みつ売ばいするto deal (sell illegally) drugs
その男おとこはドラッグを密みつ売ばいしていた疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされた。
The man was arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs.
ドラッグに依い存ぞんするto become dependent on drugs
長なが年ねんドラッグに依い存ぞんしていた彼かれはついに治ち療りょうを受うけた。
After years of drug dependence, he finally sought treatment.

薬くすりN5sense 1
薬 is the everyday, native Japanese word for medicine, while ドラッグ often carries a clinical or scientific tone in this sense.
麻ま薬やくN1sense 2
麻薬 is the formal, legal term for narcotics, while ドラッグ is a more casual loanword used in everyday or media contexts for the same illegal substances.
覚かく醒せい剤ざいN1sense 2
覚醒剤 refers specifically to stimulant drugs like methamphetamine, whereas ドラッグ is a broader term covering any illegal drug.
違い法ほう薬やく物ぶつ sense 2
違法薬物 is the precise legal/bureaucratic term for illegal substances, while ドラッグ is the more colloquial word used in casual speech and news headlines.

ドロップ
ドラッグ is the action of moving an item while holding it with the mouse, while ドロップ is releasing it at the destination, making them opposite halves of the same drag-and-drop operation.

ドラッグUsage95%
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'drug'.
ドラックUsage5%
irregular kana usage
Irregular kana variant; less common and not recommended for learners.

Borrowed from English 'drug'. The irregular spelling ドラック reflects a common pronunciation variant.

脱だっ法ぽうドラッグ

designer drug; legal high; quasi-legal drug

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