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感染 (かんせん): infection, contagion — Japanese vocabulary

感染 is read かんせん and means "infection, contagion". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

感染

Reading
かんせん · kansen
Translation
infection, contagion
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
かんせんが

Example

梅毒は性行為を通じて感染する病気です。

ばいどくはせいこういをつうじてかんせんするびょうきです。

Syphilis is an infection that can be transmitted through sexual intercourse.

Kanji in this word

  • 感 — feeling, sense
  • 染 — dye, stain

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