noun
medicine bottle; vial
Refers to a small bottle or vial for holding medicine, typically glass or plastic.
薬瓶のふたをしっかり閉めてください。
Please close the medicine bottle cap tightly.
この薬瓶にはシロップが入っています。
This vial contains syrup.
Search-only kanji form using the older 壜 character.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, sometimes used for clarity or in informal writing.
Compound of 薬 (kusuri, 'medicine') and 瓶 (bin, 'bottle').