Word details

疫病

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

Dictionary

Entry

疫病きびょうびょうNounFreq #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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

epidemic

9 strokesFrequency 1,661JLPT N1Grade 8

On

エキヤク

ill, sick

10 strokesFrequency 384JLPT N3Grade 3

On

ビョウヘイ

Kun

や.む-や.みやまい

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