瘡かさ

noun

pustule; scab; skin eruption

Refers to a pus-filled blister or the crust that forms over a healing sore. Often used in older or medical descriptions; in everyday language, more specific terms like できもの or かさぶた are common.

• 昔むかしの文ぶん献けんには、瘡かさの治ち療りょう法ほうが記しるされている。

  Old documents describe treatments for pustules and skin eruptions.

• かさができて痛いたむ。

  A sore has formed and it hurts.

noun

syphilis; pox

Archaic or historical term for syphilis or similar venereal diseases. Now replaced by modern medical terms like 梅毒 (ばいどく).

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、瘡かさは恐おそろしい病やまいだった。

  In the Edo period, syphilis was a dreaded disease.