Word Meaning 毒薬変じて薬となる

どくやくへんじてくすりとなる dokuyakuhenjitekusuritonaru

毒薬変じて薬となる is read as どくやくへんじてくすりとなる (dokuyakuhenjitekusuritonaru) and means what is bad for you might end up good.

Meaning

English

  1. what is bad for you might end up good
  2. poison changes into medicine

Reading

Kana

どくやくへんじてくすりとなる

Romaji

dokuyakuhenjitekusuritonaru

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 60 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Proverb Rank 120648 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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毒薬

どくやく

poison

毒薬条項

どくやくじょうこう

poison pill (anti-takeover measure)

上戸は毒を知らず下戸は薬を知らず

じょうごはどくをしらずげこはくすりをしらず

drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)

薬物中毒

やくぶつちゅうどく

drug addiction

解毒薬

げどくやく

antidote

消毒薬

しょうどくやく

disinfectant

薬毒

やくどく

poison in medicine

麻薬中毒

まやくちゅうどく

drug addiction

麻薬中毒者

まやくちゅうどくしゃ

drug addict

甲の薬は乙の毒

こうのくすりはおつのどく

one man's meat is another man's poison