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伝染 (でんせん): contagion — Japanese vocabulary

伝染 is read でんせん and means "contagion". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

伝染

Reading
でんせん · densen
Translation
contagion
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
でんせんが

Example

我々は病気の伝染をくいとめなければならない。

われわれはびょうきのでんせんをくいとめなければならない。

We should check the spread of the disease.

Kanji in this word

  • 伝 — transmit, tell
  • 染 — dye, stain

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