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百日咳 (ひゃくにちぜき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun
whooping cough ; pertussis
Medical term for the bacterial respiratory infection characterized by severe coughing fits. Both ひゃくにちぜき and ひゃくにちせき are used, with ひゃくにちぜき being more common.
咳ぜき
の
予よ
防ぼう
接せっ
種しゅ
を
受う
け
まし
た
か
。
Did you get vaccinated against pertussis?
Written forms 百日咳
百ひゃく 日にち ぜき
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, sometimes used for clarity or in informal writing.
百ひゃく 日にち せき
Mixed kanji-kana spelling with the alternative reading ひゃくにちせき.
ひゃくにちせき
Etymology From 百日 (ひゃくにち, 'one hundred days') + 咳 (せき/ぜき, 'cough'), referring to the prolonged coughing period characteristic of the disease.
