薬

Meaning

1. n
   medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; pill; ointment; salve
2. n
   efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.)
3. n
   (pottery) glaze
4. n
   (illegal) drug; narcotic
5. n
   small bribe
6. n
   dope; narcotic; drug

Example sentences

• 薬を飲まなければなりません。

  I have to take medicine.

• 薬を飲み始めると、すぐに痛みなどの症状はとれてきますが、すぐに潰瘍がなおるわけではありません。

  When you start taking medicine it begins working on symptoms, like pain, right away, but that doesn't mean that the ulcer heals right away.

• 運よく薬が効くとき１時過ぎに寝れるけど、薬を飲まないと４時ぐらいまで眠れない。

  If I'm lucky enough for the medicine to work I can get to sleep after 1am but if I don't take it then I can't sleep until about 4am.