Translation guide
A serious intestinal infection causing severe diarrhea with blood or mucus. In Japanese, the general term is 赤痢 (sekiri), but medical contexts may use more specific terms.
The common term for dysentery as an illness characterized by bloody diarrhea.
The standard, everyday word for dysentery. Literally 'red diarrhea', referring to the bloody stools.
The specific bacterial form caused by Shigella.
The form caused by the parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
In everyday Japanese, 赤痢 (sekiri) is the most common and understood term for dysentery. Medical professionals may distinguish between 細菌性赤痢 and アメーバ赤痢, but for general purposes, 赤痢 is sufficient.
He contracted dysentery.
Dysentery is going around.
Medical term for bacillary dysentery. Used in clinical or public health contexts.
Bacillary dysentery is treated with antibiotics.
Medical term for amebic dysentery. Often seen in travel medicine or tropical disease contexts.
I contracted amebic dysentery while traveling abroad.