A pharmacy or drugstore—a shop where over-the-counter medicines and health products are sold.
薬局で風邪薬を買ってきてください。
Please buy some cold medicine at the pharmacy.
この近くに薬局はありますか？
Is there a pharmacy near here?
薬局の店員に症状を説明しておすすめを教えてもらった。
I explained my symptoms to the pharmacy staff and they recommended something.
薬局は日曜も営業しているところが増えた。
More pharmacies are open on Sundays now.
A hospital pharmacy or dispensary—the place in a hospital that dispenses medicines based on prescriptions.
入院患者は病院の薬局で薬を受け取る。
Inpatients receive their medicines from the hospital pharmacy.
処方箋を持って病院の薬局へ行った。
I went to the hospital pharmacy with my prescription.