くすり
Meanings
Noun
1. medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; pill; ointment; salve
2. efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.)
3. (pottery) glaze
4. (illegal) drug; narcotic
5. small bribe
Kanji used
medicine
Pitch accent
すり
Top 1600
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
medicine bottle; vial
charge for medicine
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
bitter medicine
to do drugs; to take (illicit) drugs
effectiveness of a drug; efficacy of a drug
to apply medicine
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
drug history handbook; drug notebook; medical diary
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field; medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients; (lit.) medicine ten times
to apply medicine
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
prevention is better than cure
one man's meat is another man's poison; (lit.) one man's medicine is another man's poison
drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)
there's no medicine for stupidity
there's no medicine for stupidity
there's no medicine for stupidity
there's no medicine for stupidity
Examples (89 in total)
Did you buy the medicine?
Do you have some good medicine?
Sleep is the best medicine.