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慢性 (まんせい, mansei) Japanese meaning: chronic | Kotomora

慢まん性せい

ま

ん

せ

い

Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

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

Primarily a medical term for long-lasting or recurrent conditions. Also used figuratively for persistent problems or situations.

Antonyms: 急性

彼かれは慢

まん

性せい

の

腰よう

痛つう

に

悩なや

まさ

れ

て

いる

。

He suffers from chronic lower back pain.

この地ち域いきでは慢まん性せい的てきな水みず不ぶ足そくが問もん題だいになっている。

Chronic water shortages are a problem in this region.

Usage patterns

慢まん性せいの〈病びょう気き〉a chronic illness/condition
彼かれは慢まん性せいの腰よう痛つうを抱かかえている。
He suffers from chronic lower back pain.
〈病びょう気き〉が慢まん性せいになるfor an illness to become chronic
治ち療りょうが遅おくれて、病びょう気きが慢まん性せいになってしまった。
Treatment was delayed, and the illness became chronic.

Kanji

慢ridicule, laziness
性sex, gender, nature

Related words

持じ病びょうN1
慢性 is an adjectival/medical term meaning 'chronic' (as in 慢性疾患), while 持病 is a noun referring to a specific chronic illness a particular person has.

Opposites

急きゅう性せいN1
acute (illness)

Word family· 18

慢まん性せい化か
becoming chronic; chronicity
慢まん性せい期き
chronic phase; chronic stage
慢まん性せい病びょう
chronic disease; chronic illness
慢まん性せい的てき
chronic

Etymology

From 慢 (long-lasting) + 性 (nature, characteristic). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination conventionally expresses the concept of chronicity.

慢まん性せい中ちゅう毒どく

chronic intoxication; chronic poisoning; chronic addiction

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慢まん性せい疼とう痛つう
chronic pain
慢まん性せい疾しっ患かん
chronic disease; chronic illness
慢まん性せい肝かん炎えん
chronic hepatitis
慢まん性せい心しん不ふ全ぜん
chronic heart failure
慢まん性せい消しょう耗もう病びょう
chronic wasting disease; CWD

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