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疫病 (えきびょう, ekibyou) Japanese meaning: epidemic | Kotomora
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In medieval Europe, epidemics broke out many times.
It is said that the village was wiped out by a plague.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 疫えき 病びょう が 流りゅう 行こう する an epidemic spreads in a place
An epidemic spread through the village and many people died.
疫えき 病びょう にかかる to catch/contract the plague
He caught the plague and lost his life.
疫えき 病びょう を 防ふせ ぐ to prevent an epidemic
Maintaining hygiene is important to prevent epidemics.
疫えき 病びょう が 発はっ 生せい する an epidemic breaks out
An epidemic broke out amid the postwar chaos.
Related words 感染症 is the neutral modern medical term for an infectious disease, while 疫病 carries a more historical or dramatic tone of a large-scale plague.
伝染病 emphasizes the contagious, person-to-person spread of a disease, whereas 疫病 focuses on the widespread epidemic itself, often with an old-fashioned or literary feel.
パンデミック is a loanword used for a global pandemic in modern reporting, while 疫病 is a native Japanese word with a broader, older nuance.
疫病 is a broader native Japanese word for any devastating epidemic, while ペスト names one specific disease (the plague).
Etymology Compound of 疫 (えき, 'epidemic') and 病 (びょう, 'illness'). The reading やくびょう is a historical variant.
