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    3. 感染

    感染

    感かん染せん

    infection

    N1KMT4News #3+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab22 strokes

    かんせん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    infection, contagion, becoming infected
    medicine
    2.
    being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas), being influenced (by)

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    ウイルスに感かん染せんした。

    I was infected with a virus.

    KMT3Medicine & Health
    感かん染せんを防ふせぐために手て洗あらいが重じゅう要ようだ。

    Hand washing is important to prevent infection.

    KMT4Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    彼かれの熱ねつ意いは周しゅう囲いの人ひと々びとに感かん染せんし、プロジェクトは成せい功こうした。

    His enthusiasm infected those around him, and the project succeeded.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    傷きず口ぐちから細さい菌きんが感かん染せんする恐おそれがある。

    There is a risk of bacterial infection from the wound.

    KMT5Medicine & Health
    感かん染せん症しょうの拡かく大だいを防ふせぐため、政せい府ふは対たい策さくを強きょう化かした。

    To prevent the spread of infectious diseases, the government strengthened its measures.

    KMT6Medicine & HealthPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    感
    emotion・feeling・sensation
    染
    そ.める・そ.まる・し.みる・し.み…(2)
    dye・color・paint・stain・print
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