Illustration: In a Japanese family living room, a recovering child sits up in a futon, cheeks still flushed, while an older sibling in the adjacent futon has newly developed the same tired expression and cough. Their father, carrying fresh tissues to them, suddenly catches his own cough in his elbow.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

伝でん染せん病びょう

densenbyou

infectious disease

Example sentences

おたふくかぜは伝染病でんせんびょうである。
Mumps is an infectious disease.
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彼女かのじょは伝染病でんせんびょうを患わずらっている。
She suffers from a contagious disease.
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伝染病でんせんびょうが発生はっせいした。
An epidemic disease broke out.
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Kanji in 伝染病

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
病ill; sickOnビョウ・ヘイKunやむ・やまい

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