薬中

薬中

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薬	中
やく Grade: 3	ちゅう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
藥中 (kyūjitai) ヤク中

Etymology

Clipping of 薬物中毒 (yakubutsu chūdoku, “drug addiction”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やくちゅう [yàkúchúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

薬(やく)中(ちゅう) • (yakuchū) ^{←やくちゆう (yakutyū)?}

1. (slang) drug addict, junkie

   Synonym: ジャンキー (jankī)

References

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