妙薬

妙薬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妙	薬
みょう Grade: S	やく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
妙藥 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みょ​ーやく [myóꜜòyàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• (Tokyo) みょーやく [myòóyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

妙(みょう)薬(やく) • (myōyaku) ^{←めうやく (meuyaku)?}

1. mysterious wonder drug

   『生(せい)と死(し)の妙薬(みょうやく)』

   “Sei to Shi no Myōyaku”

   The Wonder Drug of Life and Death (the title of the 1962 book Silent Spring when first translated into Japanese)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN