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cold
A common viral infection of the upper respiratory tract.
風邪を引いた。
I caught a cold.
風邪が治った。
My cold got better.
風邪で学校を休んだ。
I was absent from school because of a cold.
風邪を引いたので、今日は早く寝ようと思う。
I caught a cold, so I'm going to go to bed early today.
冬は風邪を引きやすいので、手を洗って、たくさん寝るようにしている。
It's easy to catch a cold in winter, so I make sure to wash my hands and get plenty of sleep.
風邪 refers to the common cold.
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 風邪を引く: to catch a cold
- 風邪が治る: to recover from a cold
- 風邪気味: feeling a bit under the weather
NOTE:
Written with kanji 風邪, though the reading is the same as 風 (wind).