爆薬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爆	薬
ばく Grade: S	やく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
爆藥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 爆(ばく) (baku, “explode, detonate, burst”) + 薬(やく) (yaku, “chemical, compound”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばくやく [bàkúyákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟ja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

爆(ばく)薬(やく) • (bakuyaku)

explosive, explosive compound, blasting powder

Derived terms

液酸爆薬(えきさんばくやく) (ekisan bakuyaku)
液体空気爆薬(えきたいくうきばくやく) (ekitai kūki bakuyaku)
含水爆薬(がんすいばくやく) (gansui bakuyaku)
硝安爆薬(しょうあんばくやく) (shōan bakuyaku): ammonium nitrate explosive
硝安油剤爆薬(しょうあんゆざいばくやく) (shōan yuzai bakuyaku): ANFO

Related terms

爆発(ばくはつ) (bakuhatsu): explosion, eruption

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN