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花柳病

花柳病

Chinese

red flowers and green willow leaves
 
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
simp. and trad.
(花柳病)
花柳

Noun

花柳病

  1. venereal disease; sexually transmitted disease

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
りゅう
Grade: S
びょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

花柳 (red-light district) + (sickness)

Noun

花柳病 (hiragana かりゅうびょう, romaji karyūbyō)

  1. (obsolete) venereal disease, sexually transmitted disease

Synonyms