おたふく風邪かぜ

お

た

ふ

く

か

ぜ

Meanings

1

noun

mumps

medicine

Medical term for the viral infection causing swelling of the salivary glands, especially in children.

子こ供どもの頃ころにおたふく風邪かぜにかかったことがあります。
I had mumps when I was a child.
おたふく風邪かぜの予

よ

防ぼう

接せっ

種しゅ

を

受う

け

まし

た

か

。

Did you get the mumps vaccine?

Written forms

おたふく風邪かぜUsage51%
Standard kanji spelling for mumps.
おたふくかぜUsage49%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for medical contexts.
お多た福ふく風邪かぜ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
お多た福ふく風かぜ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
阿お多た福ふく風邪かぜ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
阿お多た福ふく風かぜ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

風wind, air, style
邪wicked, injustice, wrong
多many, frequent, much
福

Similar words

流りゅう行こう性せい耳じ下か腺せん炎えん
Formal medical term for mumps, used in clinical settings.
風邪かぜ
Common cold; おたふく風邪 is a specific viral illness, not a cold.

Etymology

The name おたふく風邪 literally means 'Otafuku cold', referring to the swollen face resembling the round-faced Otafuku (good luck) mask. The exact origin is uncertain, but it is a traditional Japanese term for mumps.

blessing, fortune, luck

阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon