explosive charge; explosives
Technical term for an explosive substance used in military, mining, or demolition contexts.
The combat engineers set explosive charges to destroy the bridge.
In this mine, explosives are used for blasting.
Standard kanji spelling for 'explosive charge'.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; used when the first kanji is difficult or to aid readability.
Compound of 炸 (explode, burst) and 薬 (chemical substance, drug). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination is conventionally associated with the meaning 'explosive charge'.