Meaning

Primary

Infection

Alternative

Contagion

Word Type

noun, verbal noun, の adjective

Explanation

The feeling of dye, covering your body, is the feeling of nasty germs and diseases penetrating your skin, getting inside of you. This is an infection, and it's gross.

Reading

かんせん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Context Sentences

歯周病は感染症の一種だとは知りませんでした。

I didn’t know that periodontitis is a type of infectious disease.

Kanji Composition