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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

感かん染せん症しょう

kansenshou

infectious disease

Example sentences

  1. 耳みみの感染症かんせんしょうによくかかります。

    I often have ear infections.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 感染症かんせんしょう対策たいさくとして手洗てあらいやうがいを徹底てっていしている。

    I make sure to wash my hands and gargle to prevent infectious diseases.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. 結局けっきょく、鴎外おうがいは死しぬまで「脚気かっけは細菌さいきんによる感染症かんせんしょうである」との自説じせつを撤回てっかいしなかった。

    In the end, Ogai never retracted his belief that beriberi was an infectious disease caused by bacteria.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 感染症

  • 感emotion; feelingOnカン
  • 染dye; colorOnセンKunそめる・そまる・しみる
  • 症symptoms; illnessOnショウ

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