薬中

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薬 中
やく
Grade: 3 		ちゅう
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
藥中 (kyūjitai)
ヤク中

Etymology

Clipping of 薬物中毒 (yakubutsu chūdoku, “drug addiction”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やくちゅう [yàkúchúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠kɯ̟t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

薬(やく)中(ちゅう) • (yakuchū) ←やくちゆう (yakutyuu)?

  1. (slang) drug addict, junkie
    Synonym: ジャンキー (jankī)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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