A substance with mystical properties, especially one that has an effect on the body, health, or lifespan.

薬: medicine, drug

pharmacy (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed)

drink / bear; endure

(literary) drinking (alcoholic beverages) / (literary) drink; beverage / (literary) banquet; feast

drink

taking an excessive amount of drugs (medicinal or recreational) for a long amount of time

The hiragana syllable む (mu). Its equivalent in katakana is ム (mu). It is the thirty-third syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行う段 (ma-gyō u-dan, “row ma, section u”).

Used to indicate a mumbling sound.

(Classical Japanese, after mizenkei) Used to form the volitional form of verbs, equivalent to modern う (-u > -ō) / よう (-yō).