Meaning

Primary

Study Of Pharmacy

Alternatives

Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

People who study about medicine are studying the study of pharmacy.

Reading

やくがく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

私はこの大学の薬学部に入りたいんです。

I want to get into the pharmacy department at this university.

彼は、東京大学の薬学部の学生です。

He is a student of the pharmacy department at the University of Tokyo.

あの方の息子さんは薬学でPhDを取られたそうです。

That gentleman's son got a PhD in pharmaceutics.

Kanji Composition