癌

• 読み: がん
• ローマ字: gan
• 漢字の分解: 癌 (gan) — cancer, malignant tumour
• 発音: /ɡa.n/

意味

Cancer; malignant tumour. A serious medical condition involving uncontrolled cell growth.

A medical noun referring to malignant tumours and the disease of cancer. Often written in katakana as ガン in everyday media and conversation. Specific types include 胃癌 (igan, stomach cancer), 肺癌 (haigan, lung cancer), and 乳癌 (nyuugan, breast cancer). Also used figuratively to mean a deep-rooted problem.

例文

1. 早期発見すれば癌は治る可能性が高い。
2. 祖父は癌と闘いながらも前向きだった。
3. 癌の研究が近年大きく進んでいる。

使い方ガイド

場面: medicine, health, news

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

The kanji 癌 combines 疒 (illness radical) and 嵒 (rocky peak), suggesting a hard, rock-like growth within the body, reflecting the solid nature of tumours.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal