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A2 Noun
瘴気miasma, (supposed) noxious gas originally believed to cause fever
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miasma, noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
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瘴気 【しょうき】
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瘴気のせいで熱病を発症しました。
I developed a fever due to the miasma, a (supposed) noxious gas originally believed to cause fever. {miasma, (supposed) noxious gas originally believed to cause fever}
山と川の毒気を瘴気と呼ぶそうです。
It seems that the miasma or supposed noxious gas originally believed to cause fever from mountains and rivers is called "shouki". {miasma, (supposed) noxious gas originally believed to cause fever}
瘴気は山川の毒気で、熱病を起こさせる。
The miasma is a poisonous gas from the mountains and rivers, causing fever. {miasma, (supposed) noxious gas originally believed to cause fever}
瘴気の災いを受け、彼女は高熱によって死亡したのです。
She succumbed to a high fever and died, having fallen victim to the miasma's curse. {miasma, (supposed) noxious gas originally believed to cause fever}
マラリアやチフス、肺炎といった滅病の原因は瘴気なのだとか。
The causes of deadly diseases like malaria, typhus, and pneumonia were supposedly miasma, a noxious gas originally believed to cause fever. {miasma, (supposed) noxious gas originally believed to cause fever}
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