noun
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
Refers to a medicine or remedy with seemingly miraculous effects. Often used figuratively for a perfect solution to a difficult problem.
この新薬は癌の妙薬と呼ばれている。
This new drug is called a miracle cure for cancer.
教育の質を上げる妙薬はない。
There is no magic bullet for improving the quality of education.
Compound of 妙 (myō, 'strange, mysterious, excellent') and 薬 (yaku, 'medicine, drug'). The combination conveys a medicine of mysterious or wondrous effectiveness.