風 疹(ふうしん)

ふうしん

noun

rubella; German measles

1. rubella; German measles

A contagious viral infection causing a mild rash and fever, particularly dangerous to fetuses if contracted in early pregnancy. Largely controlled in Japan by routine MMR-style vaccination, though periodic outbreaks occur among unvaccinated adult men.

風疹(ふうしん)にかかった。

I caught rubella.

妊婦(にんぷ)は風疹(ふうしん)に注意(ちゅうい)が必要(ひつよう)だ。

Pregnant women need to be careful about rubella.

抗体検査(こうたいけんさ)を受(う)けて風疹(ふうしん)の免疫(めんえき)を確認(かくにん)した。

I had an antibody test to confirm immunity to rubella.

Compound of 風(ふう) (wind, here suggesting the disease's spread) + 疹(しん) (rash). The colloquial term 三日(みっか)ばしか ('three-day measles') is sometimes used because symptoms typically resolve quickly.

Common collocations

風疹(ふうしん)にかかる: to catch rubella
風疹(ふうしん)ワクチン: rubella vaccine
風疹(ふうしん)の予防接種(よぼうせっしゅ): rubella vaccination
風疹(ふうしん)抗体(こうたい): rubella antibodies

Similar words

麻疹(ましん) (also はしか): measles — more severe than rubella
水疱瘡(みずぼうそう): chickenpox
三日(みっか)ばしか: colloquial name for rubella, contrasting with regular はしか (measles)

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