CEFR B2
toxic
Translation
有毒な / 毒性のある / 有害な
Meaning
Toxic means poisonous or seriously harmful to living things. It is common in safety labels, medicine, chemistry, and environmental news. Do not use it as a casual synonym for merely bad when precision matters.
Examples
- その化学物質は魚に有毒です。
The chemical is toxic to fish. - 煙には有毒ガスが含まれていました。
The smoke contained toxic gases.