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劇薬 (gekiyaku) Japanese meaning: powerful drug | Kotomora
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This medicine is designated as a powerful drug, so a doctor's prescription is required.
Please store powerful drugs out of reach of children.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 劇げき 薬やく に 指し 定てい する to designate a substance as a potent drug
This ingredient has been designated as a potent drug.
劇げき 薬やく として 扱あつか う to handle (something) as a potent drug
This chemical must be handled as a potent drug.
劇げき 薬やく の 取と り 扱あつか いに 注ちゅう 意い する to be careful when handling a potent drug
Kanji 薬 medicine, chemical, enamel Related words 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.
薬 is the general word for medicine of any strength, whereas 劇薬 specifically denotes a legally classified potent or dangerous drug.
Etymology Compound of 劇 (intense, violent) and 薬 (medicine, drug). The term likely originated in pharmaceutical regulation to classify substances with strong physiological effects.
You need to be very careful when handling potent drugs.