丸薬

See also: 丸藥 and 丸药

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丸	薬
がん Grade: 2	やく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
丸藥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 丸藥 (MC hwan yak). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がんやく [gàń'yákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɰ̃ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

丸(がん)薬(やく) • (gan'yaku) ^{←ぐわんやく (gwan'yaku)^?}

(pharmacy) a pill (small, usually medicinal object for swallowing)
Synonyms: 丸剤 (gansai), 丸子 (ganshi), ピル (piru)

Proverbs

朝腹(あさはら)の丸薬(がんやく) (asahara no gan'yaku)

See also

錠剤(じょうざい) (jōzai, “tablet”)
タブレット (taburetto, “tablet”)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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