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Japanese
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| 疫禍 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Compound of 疫 (“epidemic”) and 禍 (“disaster”).
Pronunciation
Noun
疫禍 • (ekika)
- A chaos or a disaster caused by an epidemic or a pandemic.
2020 May 28, Koichi Tanigawa, “Ekika to jiten [An epidemic and a dictionary]”, in Hakusuisha:
- 疫禍の下で暮らすようになってから外出にもかなりの制限がかかり、もっぱら自宅近くの武蔵野の自然の中を人がいないところを見計らって散策している。
- Ekika no moto de kurasu yō ni na' te kara gaishutsu ni mo kanari no seigen ga kaka ri, moppara jitaku chikaku no musashino no shizen no naka o hito ga i nai tokoro o mihakara' te sansaku shi te iru.
- Since we started to live under the pandemic, our going out has been strictly restricted, so I only take a walk in the nature of Musashino near my house while there is no one else.