薬やく品ひん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

medicine; drug; pharmaceutical

General term for medicinal substances, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

この薬やく品ひんは医い師しの処しょ方ほうが必ひつ

要よう

です

。

This medicine requires a doctor's prescription.

薬やく品ひんを子こ供どもの手ての届とどかない場ば所しょに保ほ管かんしてください。

Please keep drugs out of reach of children.

2

noun

chemical; chemical agent

Refers to chemical substances in general, often in industrial, laboratory, or technical contexts.

実じっ験けんでは危き険けんな薬やく品ひんを扱あつかうので注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようだ。
Care is needed because the experiment involves hazardous chemicals.
この工こう場じょうでは様さま々ざまな薬やく品ひんを製せい造ぞうしている。
This factory produces various chemicals.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を使し用ようするto use a chemical or medicine
実じっ験けんでこの薬やく品ひんを使し用ようした。
We used this chemical in the experiment.
〈物もの〉にかぶれるto have a skin reaction to a chemical
手てがその薬やく品ひんにかぶれてしまった。
My hands got a rash from that chemical.
〈物もの〉を管かん理りするto manage or control (dangerous) chemicals
工こう場じょうでは薬やく品ひんを厳げん重じゅうに管かん理りしている。
The factory strictly manages its chemicals.
〈物もの〉を調ちょう合ごうするto mix or compound medicine
薬やく剤ざい師しが薬やく品ひんを調ちょう合ごうしてくれた。
The pharmacist mixed the medicine for me.

Kanji

薬medicine, chemical, enamel
品goods, refinement, dignity

Related words

薬くすりN5sense 1
薬 is the everyday, common word for medicine, while 薬品 is a more formal or technical term used for medicinal substances collectively.
化か学がく物ぶっ質しつ sense 2
化学物質 specifically means 'chemical substance' in a precise scientific sense, while 薬品 covers both medicines and chemicals more broadly.
試し薬やく
薬品 is a broad term for chemicals or drugs in general, while 試薬 refers specifically to a reagent used for chemical testing or reactions.
医い薬やく品ひんN1
薬品 is a broader term covering chemical and pharmaceutical substances in general, while 医薬品 specifically refers to products intended for medical treatment.

Don't confuse with

薬やく剤ざい
薬品 and 薬剤 look and sound similar and both can mean 'chemical/drug', but 薬品 is more common for lab or industrial chemicals while 薬剤 leans toward medicinal or regulatory use.

Word family· 7

医い薬やく品ひんN1
medical and pharmaceutical products; medicines; drugs
薬やく品ひん臭しゅう
chemical smell; medicinal odor
化か学がく薬やく品ひん
chemical; chemical agent; chemicals
工こう

Etymology

Compound of 薬 (medicine, drug) and 品 (article, goods). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'medicinal or chemical goods'.

業ぎょう

薬やく

品ひん

industrial chemicals; heavy chemicals

耐たい薬やく品ひん性せい

chemical resistance

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薬やく品ひん会がい社しゃ
pharmaceutical company
第だい２に類るい医い薬やく品ひん
class 2 drug; category 2 OTC medicine