農薬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
農	薬
のう Grade: 3	やく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
農藥 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) のーやく [nòóyákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [no̞ːja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

農(のう)薬(やく) • (nōyaku)

pesticide
ギョウザには農薬(のうやく)が混入(こんにゅう)していた。
Gyōza ni wa nōyaku ga konnyū shite ita.
The dumplings were contaminated with pesticides.

References

^ 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