How to say "pharmacist" in Japanese

• 薬剤師やくざいしCommon
  nounA pharmacist as a qualified professional: someone licensed to prepare and dispense medicines. Use this for the occupation itself, as when describing a person's job or profession.
  薬剤師やくざいしは処方しょほうどおりに調合ちょうごうしてくれた。↗

  The pharmacist made up the prescription for me.
• 薬屋くすりや
  nounReally a drugstore; used of a person it means the druggist or shopkeeper who runs one, not the qualified professional. Less common, and seldom the word you want for the profession.

Use 薬剤師 for a pharmacist as a qualified professional or as an occupation; 薬屋 really names a drugstore, and for a person it suggests the druggist who runs one rather than the professional.

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• 薬剤師やくざいしpharmacist
• 薬屋くすりやpharmacist