感染

• 読み: かんせん
• ローマ字: kansen
• 漢字の分解: 感 (kan) — feel, sense; 染 (sen) — dye, stain, infect
• 発音: /ka.n.se.n/

意味

Infection; contagion; becoming infected. The spread of a disease to a person or organism.

A suru-verb (感染する) that is intransitive — the person becomes infected rather than infecting someone else. Commonly used in phrases like 感染が広がる (infection spreads) and 感染者 (infected person). A staple of health news and public health announcements.

例文

1. 感染を防ぐために手洗いが大切だ。
2. その地域で感染者が増えている。
3. 空気感染するウイルスには特に注意が必要だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: health, news, public health

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 感 (kan, feel/sense) and 染 (sen, to dye/stain). Literally 'stained by feeling,' metaphorically describing how disease permeates the body.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal