農薬

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
農 薬
のう
Grade: 3 		やく
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
農藥 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

農(のう)薬(やく) • (nōyaku) 

  1. pesticide
    ギョウザには農薬(のうやく)が混入(こんにゅう)していた。
    Gyōza ni wa nōyaku ga konnyū shite ita.
    The dumplings were contaminated with pesticides.

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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