Illustration: In a quiet Japanese apartment kitchen, an adult stands before a cupboard where they have gathered several alcohol bottles into a storage box. Despite having folded the box flaps closed, they have reopened one flap and are gripping a bottle neck, shoulders tense and face troubled.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

依い存ぞん症しょう

izonshou

addiction, dependence

Example sentences

  1. トムはアルコール依存症いぞんしょうなの？

    Is Tom an alcoholic?

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  2. トムはかつて薬物やくぶつ依存症いぞんしょうだった。

    Tom used to be a drug addict.

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  3. トムって、カフェイン依存症いぞんしょうだよね？

    Tom has a caffeine dependency, doesn’t he?

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Kanji in 依存症

  • 依reliant; depend onOnイ・エKunよる
  • 存exist; supposeOnソン・ゾンKunながらえる・ある・たもつ
  • 症symptoms; illnessOnショウ

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