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スペイン風邪 (スペインかぜ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

スペイン風邪かぜ

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Meanings

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noun

Spanish flu

Refers specifically to the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic. A historical term; in modern medical contexts, スペインインフルエンザ is also used.

スペイン風邪かぜは1918年ねんに世せ界かい的てきに流りゅう行こうした。
The Spanish flu spread worldwide in 1918.
当とう時じの記き録ろくによると、スペイン風邪かぜで多

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人ひと

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亡な

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According to records from that time, many people died from the Spanish flu.

Written forms

スペイン風邪かぜ
Standard kanji-katakana spelling for the 1918 influenza pandemic.
スペイン風かぜ
Occasional abbreviated form; less common than スペイン風邪.

Kanji

風wind, air, style
邪wicked, injustice, wrong

Similar words

スペインインフルエンザ
A more clinical, modern term for the same pandemic. スペイン風邪 is the traditional, everyday name.
新しん型がたインフルエンザ
Refers to novel influenza strains in general, not specifically the 1918 pandemic.

Etymology

Compound of スペイン (Spain) and 風邪 (cold/influenza). The name arose because Spain, as a neutral country during WWI, reported freely on the outbreak, creating the impression it was the origin, though the actual geographic source is uncertain.