疫病

えきびょう

epidemic; plague; pestilence

What does 疫病 mean?

疫病 is a Japanese noun meaning epidemic; plague; pestilence in English. It is written as 疫病 in kanji, えきびょう in hiragana, and ekibyou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

その疫病が流行して何千人もの人々が死んだ。

Thousands of people died during the plague.