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じんましん Japanese meaning | Kotomora

じんましん

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Meanings

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noun

hives; nettle rash; urticaria

usually written using kana alonemedicine

Medical term for a skin condition with itchy raised welts; commonly used in everyday conversation.

子こ供どもの頃ころ、じんましんが出でて大たい変へんだった。
When I was a child, I had a bad case of hives.

じんましんの原げん因いんはストレスかもしれない。

The cause of the hives might be stress.

Written forms

蕁じん麻ま疹しん
Full kanji form; 蕁 is not a jōyō kanji, so this spelling is uncommon.
じん麻ま疹しん
Mixed kanji-kana form; sometimes seen but less common than pure kana.
ジンマシン
kana-only spelling

Kanji

蕁a kind of grass
麻hemp, flax, numb
疹measles, sickness

Similar words

湿しっ疹しん
湿疹 refers to eczema, a different skin condition with dry, inflamed patches, while じんましん is specifically hives with raised, itchy welts.

Etymology

The word is a compound of 蕁麻 (いらくさ, 'nettle') and 疹 (しん, 'rash'), literally 'nettle rash'. The reading じんましん is a sound shift from じんましん (originally じんましん).