媚薬

See also: 媚藥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
媚	薬
び Hyōgai	やく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
媚藥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

媚 (bi, “obsequiousness”) +‎ 薬 (yaku, “drug”)

From Middle Chinese 媚藥 (MC mijH yak)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びやく [bìyákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) びやく [bíꜜyàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bʲija̠kɯ̟]

Noun

媚(び)薬(やく) • (biyaku)

an aphrodisiac, a love potion, a philter

Synonyms

惚(ほ)れ薬(ぐすり) (horegusuri)
催淫剤(さいいんざい) (saiinzai)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN