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濃厚接触 (noukousesshoku) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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せっ
触しょく
者しゃ
と
し
て
連れん
絡らく
が
あっ
た
。
I was contacted by the public health center as a close contact.
The definition of close contact is talking without a mask for 15 minutes or more.
Kanji 濃 concentrated, thick, dark Related words 接せっ 触しょく General term for contact or touch; 濃厚接触 specifies close, prolonged contact in a medical sense.
濃のう 厚こう 接せっ 触しょく 者しゃ Refers to the person who is a close contact, while 濃厚接触 is the contact itself.
Etymology Compound of 濃厚 (dense, thick) and 接触 (contact), literally 'dense contact'. The term gained widespread use during the COVID-19 pandemic as a translation of 'close contact' in public health guidelines.
