薬学

薬学

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薬	学
やく Grade: 3	がく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) やくがく [yàkúgákú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • (Tokyo) やく​がく [yàkúꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟ᵝɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

薬学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 藥學, hiragana やくがく, rōmaji yakugaku)

1. pharmacy
2. pharmaceutics
3. pharmacology

See also

• 薬学者 (やくがくしゃ) (yakugakusha): pharmacologist
• 薬学家 (やくがくか) (yakugakuka): pharmacist
• 薬学士 (やくがくし) (yakugakushi): Bachelor of Pharmacology
• 薬局 (やっきょく) (yakkyoku): pharmacy
• 薬剤師 (やくざいし) (yakuzaishi): pharmacist

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.