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恐火症 (きょうかしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

恐きょう火か症しょう

Meanings

1

noun

pyrophobia

medicine

Medical term for an irrational fear of fire.

恐きょう火か症しょうの患かん者じゃは、火ひのそばにいることができない。
Patients with pyrophobia cannot be near fire.

Kanji

恐fear, dread, awe
火fire
症symptoms, illness

Etymology

Compound of 恐 (fear), 火 (fire), and 症 (condition/syndrome). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the medical meaning.