伝染病

でんせんびょう

contagious disease

What does 伝染病 mean?

伝染病 is a Japanese noun meaning contagious disease in English. It is written as 伝染病 in kanji, でんせんびょう in hiragana, and densenbyou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

伝染病が発生した。

An epidemic disease broke out.