薬品(やくひん)

やくひん
noun
chemicals; pharmaceutical products
1. chemicals, chemical substances
Chemical substances used in experiments, manufacturing, cleaning, or other industrial and scientific processes.
この薬品(やくひん)は危険(きけん)だ。
This chemical is dangerous.
実験(じっけん)に使(つか)う薬品(やくひん)を準備(じゅんび)する。
To prepare the chemicals for the experiment.
薬品(やくひん)を取(と)り扱(あつか)うときは手袋(てぶくろ)をしてください。
Please wear gloves when handling chemicals.
2. pharmaceutical products, medicines
Medicinal products or drugs, especially in formal or technical contexts.
この薬品(やくひん)は医師(いし)の処方(しょほう)が必要(ひつよう)だ。
This pharmaceutical product requires a doctor's prescription.
新(あたら)しい薬品(やくひん)の開発(かいはつ)には長(なが)い時間(じかん)がかかる。
Developing new pharmaceutical products takes a long time.

薬品(やくひん) covers both industrial/laboratory chemicals and pharmaceutical products. The word emphasizes the substance itself rather than its use as medicine.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 薬品(やくひん)を扱(あつか)う: to handle chemicals
  • 化学(かがく)薬品(やくひん): chemical substances
  • 薬品(やくひん)棚(だな): chemical storage shelf
  • 劇(げき)薬品(やくひん): powerful/toxic chemicals

RELATED WORDS:

  • 薬(くすり): medicine (everyday term)
  • 医薬品(いやくひん): pharmaceuticals (formal/regulatory term)
  • 化学(かがく): chemistry
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