薬害

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薬 害
やく
Grade: 3 		がい
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
藥害 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja̠kɯ̟ɡa̠i]

Noun

薬(やく)害(がい) • (yakugai) 

  1. harmful side effects of a drug beyond those known and accepted; pharmaceutical injury or drug disaster
    • 2025 May 8, 天畠大輔 [Daisuke Tenbata], quotee, “第217回国会　参議院　厚生労働委員会　第11号　令和7年5月8日 [217th Diet, House of Councillors, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, No. 11, May 8, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 24 August 2025:
      厚労省は、薬害エイズの教訓に立ち、薬害防止に長年取り組み続けてきた団体の意見をもっと真摯に受け止めるべきです。
      Kōrō-shō wa, yakugai eizu no kyōkun ni tachi, yakugai bōshi ni naganen torikumi tsuzukete kita dantai no iken o motto shinshi ni uketomeru beki desu.
      The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare should learn from the lessons of the drug-induced AIDS outbreak and take more seriously the opinions of organizations that have been working for many years to prevent drug-related injuries.

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