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Japanese
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| 特效藥 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From 特効 (tokkō, “extremely effective”) + 薬 (yaku, “medicine”).
Noun
特効薬 • (tokkōyaku)
- A medicine that is extremely effective for a sickness
- タミフルはインフルエンザの特効薬として期待されている。
- Tamifuru wa infuruenza no tokkōyaku to shite kitai sareteiru.
- Tamiflu is expected as a silver bullet for a flu.
- A solution that is extremely effective for a problem; a silver bullet
- 環境問題を解決する特効薬は、いまのところ見つかっていない。
- Kankyō mondai o kaiketsu suru tokkōyaku wa, ima no tokoro mitsukatteinai.
- Any silver bullet that solves environmental problems has not found yet.