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毒薬 (どくやく, dokuyaku) Japanese meaning: poison | Kotomora
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Poison was found inside the bottle.
In the novel, the culprit used poison.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 に 毒どく 薬やく を 盛も る to lace something with poison
He laced the wine with poison.
毒どく 薬やく を 飲の む to drink poison
In despair, she drank poison.
毒どく 薬やく で 〈 人ひと 〉 を 殺ころ す to kill someone with poison
The culprit killed the victim with poison.
Kanji 薬 medicine, chemical, enamel Related words 毒 is the broad, everyday word for poison, toxin, or venom, while 毒薬 specifically means a poisonous drug or substance meant to harm or kill.
毒物 is a more technical or legal term for a toxic substance, whereas 毒薬 emphasizes a poison used as or resembling a drug.
毒薬 refers specifically to a poisonous substance under strict legal control, while 劇薬 covers a broader category of potent drugs that may be therapeutic or toxic.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 毒 meaning 'poison' and 薬 meaning 'medicine, drug, chemical'; literally a poisonous drug or poison.
