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瘋癲病院 (ふうてんびょういん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

瘋ふう癲てん病びょう院いん

Meanings

1

noun

mental hospital; lunatic asylum; madhouse

obsolete term

Obsolete term for a psychiatric hospital. Replaced by modern terms such as 精神科病院 or 精神病院.

See also: 精神科病院

「瘋ふう癲てん病びょう院いん」は、かつて精せい神しん科かの病びょう院いんを指さした古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。
瘋癲病院 is an old word that once referred to a psychiatric hospital.

Kanji

瘋insanity, headache
癲insanity
病ill, sick
院

Inst., institution, temple

Similar words

精せい神しん科か病びょう院いん
Modern standard term for a psychiatric hospital; 瘋癲病院 is its obsolete predecessor.
精せい神しん病びょう院いん
Common modern term for a mental hospital; less clinical than 精神科病院 but still current.

Etymology

Compound of 瘋癲 (ふうてん, 'insanity') and 病院 (びょういん, 'hospital'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is now obsolete.