(かぜ)

かぜ
noun
cold, flu
1. cold
A common viral infection of the upper respiratory tract.
風邪(かぜ)()いた。
I caught a cold.
風邪(かぜ)(なお)った。
My cold got better.
風邪(かぜ)学校(がっこう)(やす)んだ。
I was absent from school because of a cold.
風邪(かぜ)()いたので、今日(きょう)(はや)()ようと(おも)う。
I caught a cold, so I'm going to go to bed early today.
(ふゆ)風邪(かぜ)()きやすいので、()(あら)って、たくさん()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(かぜ) refers to the common cold.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 風邪(かぜ)()く: to catch a cold
  • 風邪(かぜ)(なお)る: to recover from a cold
  • 風邪気味(かぜぎみ): feeling a bit under the weather

NOTE:
Written with kanji 風邪(かぜ), though the reading is the same as (かぜ) (wind).