爆薬

爆薬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爆	薬
ばく Grade: S	やく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From baku (爆, explode, detonate, burst) + yaku (薬, chemical, compound)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ばくやく [bàkúyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟ᵝja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

爆薬 (hiragana ばくやく, rōmaji bakuyaku)

1. explosive, explosive compound, blasting powder

Derived terms

• 液酸爆薬 (えきさんばくやく) (ekisan bakuyaku)
• 液体空気爆薬 (えきたいくうきばくやく) (ekitai kūki bakuyaku)
• 含水爆薬 (がんすいばくやく) (gansui bakuyaku)
• 硝安爆薬 (しょうあんばくやく) (shōan bakuyaku): ammonium nitrate explosive
• 硝安油剤爆薬 (しょうあんゆざいばくやく) (shōan yuzai bakuyaku): ANFO

Related terms

• 爆発 (ばくはつ) (bakuhatsu): explosion, eruption

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN