薬 品(やくひん)

やくひん

noun

chemicals; pharmaceutical products

technical

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

Related Words

Related: 薬(くすり) (medicine (everyday))

Synonym: 医薬品(いやくひん) (pharmaceuticals (formal))

Related: 化学(かがく) (chemistry)

Compare: 薬剤(やくざい) (medicine, pharmaceutical, chemical agent)

Compare: 化学物質(かがくぶっしつ) (chemical substance)

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Added 2026.2.13 10:20 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:31

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