Word Meaning 薬害

やくがい yakugai

薬害 is read as やくがい (yakugai) and means harmful side effects of a medicine or drug.

Meaning

English

  1. harmful side effects of a medicine or drug

Reading

Kana

やくがい

Romaji

yakugai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 16151 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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薬害ヤコブ病訴訟

やくがいやこぶびょうそしょう

Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants

くすり

(pottery) glaze

薬品

やくひん

medicine

薬局

やっきょく

hospital pharmacy

薬指

くすりゆび

fourth toe

薬代

やくだい

charge for medicine

薬味

やくみ

condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper)

薬物

やくぶつ

medicines

薬学

やくがく

(study of) pharmacy

薬用

やくよう

medicinal use

薬理学

やくりがく

pharmacology