Translation guide
The disease cholera. In Japanese, the standard term is コレラ, a katakana loanword from English/Dutch. There is also a kanji term 虎列剌, but it is rare and historical.
Referring to the infectious disease cholera in medical, news, or everyday contexts.
The standard modern term for cholera. Used in all contexts: medical, news, and casual conversation.
コレラの流行が発生した。
An outbreak of cholera occurred.
コレラに感染しないように気をつけてください。
Please be careful not to get infected with cholera.
Ateji (kanji used phonetically) for cholera. Historical and very rare; not used in modern Japanese. Included for recognition only.
In the Meiji era, cholera was prevalent.