天てん然ねん痘とう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

Medical/historical term for the disease caused by the variola virus; now eradicated worldwide.

heavens, sky, imperial

然sort of thing, so, if so

痘pox, smallpox

Compound of 天然 (natural) and 痘 (pox). The term was coined in Japanese to describe the disease, likely as a calque from Western medical terminology.