Japanese

Noun

薬学 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 藥學, hiragana やくがく, romaji yakugaku)

1. pharmacy
2. pharmaceutics
3. pharmacology

Compounds

• 薬学者 (やくがくしゃ) ‎(yakugakusha): pharmacologist
• 薬学家 (やくがくか) ‎(yakugakuka): pharmacist
• 薬学士 (やくがくし) ‎(yakugakushi): Bachelor of Pharmacology

See also

• 薬局 (やっきょく) ‎(yakkyoku): pharmacy
• 薬剤師 (やくざいし) ‎(yakuzaishi): pharmacist

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.