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現代病 (gendaibyou) Japanese meaning: modern disease | Kotomora
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Eye strain from excessive smartphone use can be considered a modern disease.
Lifestyle diseases caused by lack of exercise and poor diet are also modern diseases in a broad sense.
Kanji 現 present, existing, actual 代 substitute, change, convert Related words 生せい 活かつ 習しゅう 慣かん 病びょう Specifically refers to diseases caused by daily habits like diet and exercise, while 現代病 is a broader term for any illness associated with modern life.
文ぶん 明めい 病びょう Similar in meaning, but 文明病 often emphasizes diseases brought by civilization and industrialization, whereas 現代病 focuses on contemporary times.
Etymology Compound of 現代 (modern) and 病 (disease). A straightforward modern coinage.
