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汎発 (はんぱつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
pandemic ; widespread
Used in medical or epidemiological contexts to describe a disease that spreads widely, or more generally for something that occurs extensively. Often used as a noun or with する.
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We need to be careful about widespread infectious diseases.
Kanji 発 departure, discharge, publish Similar words パンデミック パンデミック is the common loanword for 'pandemic', while 汎発 is a more technical or formal term often used in medical writing.
流りゅう 行こう 流行 means 'epidemic' or 'prevalence' and is more general; 汎発 emphasizes a wider, often global spread.
Etymology Compound of 汎 (pan-, 'all, widespread') and 発 (outbreak, occurrence). The reading はんぱつ follows standard on'yomi.