Translation guide
The English word "remission" has two main uses: a medical meaning (temporary improvement or disappearance of a disease) and a formal meaning (cancellation or reduction of a debt, penalty, or obligation). This guide focuses on the medical sense, which is the most common for learners, and briefly covers the financial/legal sense.
To describe a period when a disease (especially cancer) becomes less severe or seems to disappear, though it may return.
The standard medical term for remission, used for cancer and other chronic diseases. It implies a temporary or partial improvement, not necessarily a complete cure.
His cancer is in remission.
After treatment, the disease went into remission.
A more general phrase meaning 'symptoms subside' or 'symptoms calm down'. It can be used in everyday conversation, not limited to cancer.
Thanks to the medicine, the symptoms are in remission.
Literally 'a lull state', used for a temporary period of calm or stability in a disease. It implies the condition is not worsening but not necessarily improving.
The condition is maintaining a state of remission.
Literally 'has not recurred'. Used to describe a period without relapse, which can imply remission in context.
So far, the cancer has not recurred (is in remission).
To refer to the act of forgiving or reducing a debt, punishment, or duty, often in legal or religious contexts.
The most common word for exemption or remission of an obligation, debt, or penalty. Used in legal, financial, and everyday contexts.
I received remission of the debt.
Refers to reduction or partial remission, often of taxes or fees. Implies a decrease rather than full cancellation.
Used specifically for pardon or remission of a crime or punishment, often by a sovereign or authority. More formal and less common.
In Japanese, 寛解 (remission) is distinct from 治癒 (cure). 寛解 implies the disease may still be present or could return, while 治癒 means complete recovery. Be careful not to use 寛解 when you mean a permanent cure.
寛解 is the standard medical term for remission, especially in cancer. 小康状態 is a more general term for a temporary lull or stable period in any illness, and can also be used metaphorically for non-medical situations (e.g., a lull in fighting). Use 寛解 for precise medical contexts.
Remission of the sentence was granted.
税金の減免措置がある。
There is a tax remission measure.
The king granted remission to the prisoner.