Word Meaning 百薬

ひゃくやく hyakuyaku

百薬 is read as ひゃくやく (hyakuyaku) and means sundry remedies.

Meaning

English

sundry remedies

Reading

Kana

ひゃくやく

Romaji

hyakuyaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 99226 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

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百薬の長

ひゃくやくのちょう

the best medicine (i.e. sake)

酒は百薬の長

さけはひゃくやくのちょう

good wine makes good blood

立てば芍薬座れば牡丹歩く姿は百合の花

たてばしゃくやくすわればぼたんあるくすがたはゆりのはな

beautiful appearance of a woman

百合

ゆり

lily (Lilium spp.)

百人一首

ひゃくにんいっしゅ

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu

百科

ひゃっか

many objects (for study)

百選

ひゃくせん

top hundred

百景

ひゃっけい

100 famous views

百科全書

ひゃっかぜんしょ

Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (French encylopedia edited by Denis Diderot)

百害

ひゃくがい

great damage

百家争鳴

ひゃっかそうめい

let a hundred schools of thought contend

百人一首かるた

ひゃくにんいっしゅかるた

Hyakunin Isshu karuta

Example Sentences

笑いは百薬の長。

Laughter is the best medicine.

酒は百薬の長というが、飲み過ぎは体に毒だ。

They say that alcohol is the best medicine, but drinking too much is poisonous to the body.