媚薬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
媚	薬
び Hyōgaiji	やく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
媚藥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

媚 (bi, “obsequiousness”) +‎ 薬 (yaku, “drug”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びやく [bìyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) びやく [bíꜜyàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [bʲija̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

媚(び)薬(やく) • (biyaku)

an aphrodisiac, a love potion, a philter

Synonyms

惚(ほ)れ薬(ぐすり) (horegusuri)
催淫剤(さいいんざい) (saiinzai)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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