肺炎

• 読み: はいえん
• ローマ字: haien
• 漢字の分解: 肺 (hai) — lungs; 炎 (en) — inflammation, flame
• 発音: /hai.eɴ/

意味

Pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs caused by infection.

A medical noun that became widely known during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the disease was initially referred to as 新型コロナウイルス肺炎. Common collocations include 肺炎にかかる (to get pneumonia), 肺炎を起こす (to develop pneumonia), and 誤嚥性肺炎 (aspiration pneumonia). An important health vocabulary word especially relevant to elderly care.

例文

1. インフルエンザが悪化して肺炎になってしまった。
2. 高齢者は肺炎にかかりやすいので予防接種が大切だ。
3. 肺炎は早期発見と治療が回復の鍵となる。

使い方ガイド

場面: health, medicine, news, elderly care

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From 肺 (hai, lungs) + 炎 (en, inflammation/flame). The kanji 炎 uses the fire radical doubled, representing the 'burning' sensation of inflammation.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal