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流行病
流行病
Chinese
| prevalent; widespread | ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
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simp. and trad. (流行病) |
流行 | 病 | |
Noun
流行病
Japanese
Etymology 1
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| 流 | 行 | 病 |
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りゅう Grade: 3 |
こう Grade: 2 |
びょう Grade: 3 |
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Noun
流行病 (hiragana りゅうこうびょう, romaji ryūkōbyō)
- an epidemic
Synonyms
- 疫病 (ekibyō)
Etymology 2
Noun
流行病 (hiragana はやりやまい, romaji hayariyamai)
- a sudden outbreak of contagious disease
References
- 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112