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疫病

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 疫病

きびょう
びょう
Noun
Freq #17279
1

epidemic; plague; pestilence

Examples
その疫病が流行して何千人もの人々が死んだ。
Thousands of people died during the plague.

Kanji in this Word

9 strokes
Frequency: 1661
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

epidemic

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
エキ
ヤク
10 strokes
Frequency: 384
JLPT N3
Grade 3

Meanings

ill
sick

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ビョウ
ヘイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
や.む
-や.み
やまい
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