悪あく疫えき

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

epidemic; plague; pestilence

Refers to a widespread outbreak of a serious infectious disease. Often used in historical or formal contexts, but still understood in modern Japanese.

• 中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは悪あく疫えきが何なん度ども流りゅう行こうした。

  In medieval Europe, epidemics broke out many times.

• 悪あく疫えきの蔓まん延えんを防ふせぐために隔かく離り政せい