Illustration: In a family apartment, a child recovering on a futon watches as both parents now sit nearby wrapped in blankets, each with the same streaming nose and weary expression. The child's used tissue basket is already full; the parents have only just opened their tissue boxes.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

伝でん染せん

densen

contagion, infection

Example sentences

  1. 風邪かぜは伝染でんせんする。

    Colds are contagious.

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  2. 我々われわれは病気びょうきの伝染でんせんをくいとめなければならない。

    We should check the spread of the disease.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. それって伝染でんせんするの？

    Is it contagious?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 伝染

  • 伝transmit; go alongOnデン・テンKunつたわる・つたえる・つたう
  • 染dye; colorOnセンKunそめる・そまる・しみる

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