毒どく

noun

poison; toxic substance

Literal poisonous or toxic substance, including venom, chemical poison, or natural toxins in plants and animals.

• そのキノコには強つよい毒どくがある。

  That mushroom contains a strong poison.

• 蛇へびの毒どくが体からだに回まわった。

  The snake's venom spread through the body.

noun

harm; bad influence; corrupting influence

Metaphorical use for something harmful to a person, body, mind, or morals. Common in patterns such as 体に毒だ, 子どもに毒だ, and 目の毒.

See also: 目の毒 (めのどく) · 毒する (どくする)

• 夜よ更ふかしは体からだに毒どくだ。

  Staying up late is bad for your body.

• 甘あまい物ものの写しゃ真しんは、ダイエット中ちゅうの私わたしには目めの毒どくだ。

  Pictures of sweets are torture for me while I'm on a diet.

noun

malice; spite; venom

Used for a malicious, spiteful, or sharply sarcastic edge in words, attitudes, or expressions, especially in phrases like 毒がある and 毒を含む.

• 彼かの女じょの言いい方かたには少すこし毒どくがあった。

  There was a bit of venom in the way she said it.

• 彼かれは毒どくを含ふくんだ笑えみを浮うかべた。

  He gave a smile tinged with malice.

noun

abusive language; verbal barbs

Abbreviated or elliptical use, often understood as short for harsh, sarcastic, or abusive speech such as 毒舌. It is context-dependent and more limited than the literal sense.

• 「毒どく」は、文ぶん脈みゃくによっては毒どく舌ぜつや悪わる口ぐちの略りゃくとして使つかわれる。

  Depending on the context, 毒 is used as an abbreviation for sarcastic or abusive remarks.

• 彼かれの毒どくはきつすぎて、周まわりが引ひいてしまった。

  His verbal barbs were so harsh that the people around him recoiled.