花か柳りゅう病びょう

noun

sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease

An older, somewhat euphemistic term for sexually transmitted diseases, now largely replaced by 性感染症 (seikansenshō) in medical contexts. Still understood but may sound dated.

• 花か柳りゅう病びょうは昔むかし、深しん刻こくな社しゃ会かい問もん題だいだった。

  Venereal disease was once a serious social problem.

• 彼かれは花か柳りゅう病びょうの治ち療りょうのために病びょう院いんへ行いった。

  He went to the hospital for treatment of a sexually transmitted disease.