Word Meaning 甲の薬は乙の毒

こうのくすりはおつのどく kou no kusuri ha otsu no doku

甲の薬は乙の毒 is read as こうのくすりはおつのどく (kou no kusuri ha otsu no doku) and means one man's meat is another man's poison.

Meaning

English

  1. one man's meat is another man's poison
  2. one man's medicine is another man's poison

Reading

Kana

こうのくすりはおつのどく

Romaji

kou no kusuri ha otsu no doku

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb Rank 139157 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

甲乙

こうおつ

first and second

甲乙丙

こうおつへい

A, B and C

甲乙丙丁

こうおつへいてい

A, B, C and D

甲と乙

こうとおつ

the former and the latter

甲乙付け難い

こうおつつけがたい

difficult to say which of the two is better

麻薬中毒

まやくちゅうどく

drug addiction

甲論乙駁

こうろんおつばく

arguments pro and con

薬物中毒

やくぶつちゅうどく

drug addiction

薬毒

やくどく

poison in medicine

毒薬条項

どくやくじょうこう

poison pill (anti-takeover measure)

麻薬中毒者

まやくちゅうどくしゃ

drug addict

毒薬

どくやく

poison