パンデミック

ぱんでみっく

noun

pandemic

medical

1. pandemic, global epidemic

An outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads across multiple countries or worldwide. The term became widely known in Japanese through the COVID-19 crisis and is now standard vocabulary.

パンデミックが世界中(せかいじゅう)に広(ひろ)がった。

The pandemic spread across the world.

パンデミックの影響(えいきょう)で在宅(ざいたく)勤務(きんむ)が増(ふ)えた。

Remote work increased due to the pandemic.

パンデミックを経験(けいけん)したことで、感染症(かんせんしょう)対策(たいさく)の重要性(じゅうようせい)が広(ひろ)く認識(にんしき)されるようになった。

Having experienced the pandemic, the importance of infectious disease countermeasures became widely recognized.

Usage: パンデミック is a loanword from English "pandemic." While the word existed in medical terminology before, it entered everyday Japanese vocabulary during the COVID-19 crisis starting in 2020.

Common collocations

パンデミックが発生(はっせい)する (a pandemic breaks out)
パンデミックの影響(えいきょう) (the effects of the pandemic)
パンデミック対策(たいさく) (pandemic countermeasures)
パンデミック前(まえ) / パンデミック後(ご) (pre-pandemic / post-pandemic)
コロナパンデミック (the COVID pandemic)

Related words

感染症(かんせんしょう) (infectious disease)
流行(りゅうこう) (epidemic, outbreak)
エピデミック (epidemic — more localized than a pandemic)

Related Words

Related: 感染症(かんせんしょう) (infectious disease)

Related: 流行(りゅうこう) (epidemic, outbreak)

Compare: 大流行(だいりゅうこう) (huge craze)

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Added 2026.2.16 11:06 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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