妙薬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妙	薬
みょう Grade: S	やく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
妙藥 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みょ​ーやく [myóꜜòyàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) みょーやく [myòóyákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

妙(みょう)薬(やく) • (myōyaku) ^{←めうやく (meuyaku)?}

1. mysterious wonder drug

   『生(せい)と死(し)の妙薬(みょうやく)』

   “Sei to Shi no Myōyaku”

   The Wonder Drug of Life and Death (the title of the 1962 book Silent Spring when first translated into Japanese)