痘い痕も

noun

smallpox

Archaic term for the disease smallpox. In modern Japanese, 天然痘 (てんねんとう) is the standard medical term.

• 昔むかしは「いも」と呼よばれた病びょう気きが、今いまの天てん然ねん痘とうにあたる。

  The disease once called 'imo' corresponds to what is now known as smallpox.

noun

pockmark

Archaic term for a pockmark, especially one left by smallpox. The modern word is あばた, and the proverb 痘痕も靨 (あばたもえくぼ) uses that reading.

• 「痘い痕もも靨えくぼ」ということわざは、あばたもえくぼと読よむ。

  The proverb 'imomoe-kubo' is read as 'abata mo ekubo'.