• 薬くすり — medicine
• 薬局やっきょく — pharmacy
• 薬品やくひん — chemical
• 服薬ふくやく — taking medicine
• 薬草やくそう — medicinal herbs
• 漢方薬かんぽうやく — Chinese herbal medicine

The kanji 薬 combines the 艹 radical (grass or herbs) with the phonetic component 楽 (comfort, ease), indicating “a herb that brings relief.”

Originally used for traditional remedies, it now includes all forms of drugs and medicine — both natural and synthetic.

この薬くすりを 一日いちにちに 三回さんかいのんでください。
Please take this medicine three times a day.

薬局やっきょくで 風邪薬かぜぐすりを買かいました。
I bought cold medicine at the pharmacy.

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