がん
Meanings
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usually written using kana alone
Refers to the disease in medical and everyday contexts. Can be used literally or figuratively for something that spreads harmfully.
My father was diagnosed with stomach cancer last year.
Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer.
Usage patterns· 8
- 〈人〉が癌になるfor someone to develop cancer
My father developed stomach cancer last year.
- 癌を患うto suffer from cancer
She has been suffering from cancer for a long time.
- 癌と診断されるto be diagnosed with cancer
My grandmother was diagnosed with cancer last month.
- 癌が進行するfor cancer to progress/advance
It wasn't caught early, so the cancer progressed.
- 癌検診を受けるto undergo cancer screening
I make a point of getting a cancer screening every year.
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- 癌と闘うto fight cancer
He kept fighting cancer for five years.
- 癌が転移するfor cancer to metastasize (spread)
The cancer had metastasized to the liver.
- 癌を切除するto surgically remove cancer
The cancer was removed in surgery.