Japanese symbol for “hypersensitivity”
過敏症
かびんしょう
Romaji: kabinshou
hypersensitivity; oversensitivity; erethism
In Japanese, hypersensitivity is 過敏症, read かびんしょう (kabinshou).
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Meanings
- n hypersensitivity; oversensitivity; erethism (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “hypersensitivity”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感覚過敏症 | かんかくかびんしょう kankakukabinshou | hypersensitivity |
| 知覚過敏 | ちかくかびん chikakukabin | hyperesthesia; hypersensitivity |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 過去 | かこ kako | the past; bygone days |
| 過ぎ | すぎ sugi | past; after |
| 過程 | かてい katei | process; course; mechanism |
| 経過 | けいか keika | passage (of time); elapsing; lapse |
| 通過 | つうか tsuuka | passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit |
| 過剰 | かじょう kajou | excess; surplus; superabundance |
| 敏感 | びんかん binkan | sensitive; alert; aware |
| 機敏 | きびん kibin | quick; prompt; alert |
| 症状 | しょうじょう shoujou | symptoms; condition (of a patient) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “hypersensitivity”.
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