疫え病やみ

noun

infectious disease; plague; epidemic

Archaic term for a widespread infectious disease or plague, often used in historical or classical contexts. The kanji 疫病み is especially associated with this meaning.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、都みやこで疫病えやみが流りゅう行こうしたと記しるされている。

  Ancient documents record that an epidemic spread in the capital.

noun

ague; intermittent fever; malarial fever

Archaic term for a fever with chills and shivering, often associated with malaria. The kanji 瘧 is specifically used for this meaning.

• 昔むかしは瘧えやみをわずらい、夏なつになると熱ねつに苦くるしんだという。

  It is said that in the past, people suffered from ague and were tormented by fever every summer.