新薬

しんやく

new medicine; new drug

What does 新薬 mean?

新薬 is a Japanese noun meaning new medicine; new drug in English. It is written as 新薬 in kanji, しんやく in hiragana, and shin'yaku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

新薬が彼の命を救った。

The new medicine saved his life.