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患
afflict · suffer · illness · disease
N1On: かんKun: わずら
Memory Aid
'Kan' — like a CANcer causing SUFFERING.
Vocabulary
患者かんじゃpatient
罹患りかんsuffering from (an illness), affliction
患部かんぶaffected part, diseased part
患うわずらうto be ill, to suffer from (a disease)
心疾患しんしっかんheart disease
Example Sentences
彼は重い病の患者です。
He is a patient with a serious illness.
彼女は長い間、心の病を患っています。
She has been suffering from a mental illness for a long time.
医師はまず患部の状態を確認した。
The doctor first checked the condition of the affected area.
その地域では多くの人が伝染病に罹患した。
Many people in that area suffered from the infectious disease.