疾患

Reading

Kana: しっかん
Romaji: shikkan
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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disease; ailment; illness

Kanji

Readings: シツ、 はや.い
Meaning: rapidly
Readings: カン、 わずら.う
Meanings: afflicted, disease, suffer from, be ill

Example Sentence

複数(ふくすう)呼吸器(こきゅうき)疾患(しっかん)による衰弱(すいじゃく)のため、(かれ)先週(せんしゅう)音楽(おんがく)指揮者(しきしゃ)としての仕事(しごと)断念(だんねん)する(むね)発表(はっぴょう)余儀(よぎ)なくされたばかりでした。
➥Weakness brought on by a number of respiratory ailments had forced him just last week to announce that he was giving up his conducting career.
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