薬物

やくぶつ

drug; medicine

What does 薬物 mean?

薬物 is a Japanese noun meaning drug; medicine in English. It is written as 薬物 in kanji, やくぶつ in hiragana, and yakubutsu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

警察は学校で大量の薬物を押収した。

The police seized a large quantity of drugs at the school.