"癌" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. cancer Tags: Hyōgai, kanji, uncommon
    Sense id: en-癌-ja-character-VgCumbFO Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations, Uncommon kanji Derived forms: 胃癌 (igan) (ruby: (), (がん)) (english: stomach cancer), 咽頭癌 (intōgan) (ruby: (いん), (とう), (がん)), 癌遺伝子 (gan'idenshi) (ruby: (がん), (), (でん), ()), 癌ウイルス (gan'uirusu) (ruby: (がん)), 癌化 (ganka) (ruby: (がん), ()), 癌細胞 (gansaibō) (ruby: (がん), (さい), (ぼう)), 肝細胞癌 (kansaibōgan) (ruby: (かん), (さい), (ぼう), (がん)), 癌腫 (ganshu) (ruby: (がん), (しゅ)) (english: carcinoma), 肝臓癌 (kanzōgan) (ruby: (かん), (ぞう), (がん)), 癌抑制遺伝子 (gan'yokuseīdenshi) (ruby: (がん), (よく), (せい), (), (でん), ()), 結腸癌 (ketchōgan) (ruby: (けっ), (ちょう), (がん)), 抗癌剤 (kōganzai) (ruby: (こう), (がん), (ざい)), 口腔癌 (kōkūgan) (ruby: (こう), (くう), (がん)), 甲状腺癌 (kōjōsengan) (ruby: (こう), (じょう), (せん), (がん)), 硬性癌 (kōseigan) (ruby: (こう), (せい), (がん)), 喉頭癌 (kōtōgan) (ruby: (こう), (とう), (がん)), 子宮癌 (shikyūgan) (ruby: (), (きゅう), (がん)), 子宮頸癌 (shikyūkeigan) (ruby: (), (きゅう), (けい), (がん)) (english: cervical cancer), 子宮体癌 (shikyūtaigan) (ruby: (), (きゅう), (たい), (がん)), 小児癌 (shōnigan) (ruby: (しょう), (), (がん)), 食道癌 (shokudōgan) (ruby: (しょく), (どう), (がん)) (english: esophageal cancer), 腎臓癌 (jinzōgan) (ruby: (じん), (ぞう), (がん)), 水癌: noma (suigan) (ruby: (すい), (がん)), 膵臓癌 (suizōgan) (ruby: (すい), (ぞう), (がん)), 制癌剤 (seiganzai) (ruby: (せい), (がん), (ざい)), 制癌物質 (seiganbusshitsu) (ruby: (せい), (がん), (ぶっ), (しつ)), 舌癌 (zetsugan) (ruby: (ぜつ), (がん)), 腺癌: adenocarcinoma (sengan) (ruby: (せん), (がん)), 前癌状態 (zenganjōtai) (ruby: (ぜん), (がん), (じょう), (たい)), 前立腺癌 (zenritsusengan) (ruby: (ぜん), (りつ), (せん), (がん)), 早期癌 (sōkigan) (ruby: (そう), (), (がん)), タール癌 (tārugan) (ruby: (がん)), 大腸癌 (daichōgan) (ruby: (だい), (ちょう), (がん)), 胆管癌 (tankangan) (ruby: (たん), (かん), (がん)), 胆囊癌 (tannōgan) (ruby: (たん), (のう), (がん)), 腸癌 (chōgan) (ruby: (ちょう), (がん)), 直腸癌 (chokuchōgan) (ruby: (ちょく), (ちょう), (がん)), 乳癌 (nyūgan) (ruby: (にゅう), (がん)) (english: breast cancer), 粘膜内癌 (nenmakunaigan) (ruby: (ねん), (まく), (ない), (がん)), 肺癌 (haigan) (ruby: (はい), (がん)) (english: lung cancer), 発癌: carcinogenesis (hatsugan) (ruby: (はつ), (がん)), 皮膚癌 (hifugan) (ruby: (), (), (がん)) (english: skin cancer), 扁平上皮癌 (henpeijōhigan) (ruby: (へん), (ぺい), (じょう), (), (がん)), 膀胱癌 (bōkōgan) (ruby: (ぼう), (こう), (がん)) (english: bladder cancer), 未分化癌 (mibunkagan) (ruby: (), (ぶん), (), (がん)), 卵巣癌 (ransōgan) (ruby: (らん), (そう), (がん))

Noun

IPA: [ɡã̠ɴ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (がん)), [canonical] (ruby: (ガン)), gan [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 癌. Etymology templates: {{wp|lang=ja}}, {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|癌}} 癌 Head templates: {{ja-noun|がん|ガン}} 癌(がん) or 癌(ガン) • (gan)
  1. (medicine, oncology, pathology) cancer Categories (topical): Medicine, Oncology, Pathology
    Sense id: en-癌-ja-noun-VgCumbFO Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 61 2 Topics: medicine, oncology, pathology, sciences
  2. (figurative) cancer Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-癌-ja-noun-VgCumbFO1

Download JSON data for 癌 meaning in Japanese (10.2kB)

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          "english": "stomach cancer",
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            ],
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              "がん"
            ]
          ],
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        },
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              "咽",
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            ],
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              "頭",
              "とう"
            ],
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              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "咽頭癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gan'idenshi",
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              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "遺",
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            ],
            [
              "伝",
              "でん"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "癌遺伝子"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gan'uirusu",
          "ruby": [
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              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "癌ウイルス"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ganka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "化",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "癌化"
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          "roman": "gansaibō",
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              "癌",
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            ],
            [
              "細",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "胞",
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          "word": "癌細胞"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kansaibōgan",
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              "肝",
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              "細",
              "さい"
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              "胞",
              "ぼう"
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              "癌",
              "がん"
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          "word": "肝細胞癌"
        },
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          "english": "carcinoma",
          "roman": "ganshu",
          "ruby": [
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              "癌",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "腫",
              "しゅ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "癌腫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kanzōgan",
          "ruby": [
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              "肝",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "臓",
              "ぞう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "肝臓癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gan'yokuseīdenshi",
          "ruby": [
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              "癌",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "抑",
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              "制",
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              "遺",
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              "伝",
              "でん"
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            [
              "子",
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          ],
          "word": "癌抑制遺伝子"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ketchōgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "結",
              "けっ"
            ],
            [
              "腸",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "結腸癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kōganzai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "抗",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "剤",
              "ざい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "抗癌剤"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kōkūgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "口",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "腔",
              "くう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "口腔癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kōjōsengan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "甲",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "状",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "腺",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "甲状腺癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kōseigan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "硬",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "硬性癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kōtōgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "喉",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "喉頭癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shikyūgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "宮",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "子宮癌"
        },
        {
          "english": "cervical cancer",
          "roman": "shikyūkeigan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "宮",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "頸",
              "けい"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "子宮頸癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shikyūtaigan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "宮",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "体",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "子宮体癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shōnigan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "児",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小児癌"
        },
        {
          "english": "esophageal cancer",
          "roman": "shokudōgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "食",
              "しょく"
            ],
            [
              "道",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "食道癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jinzōgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "腎",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "臓",
              "ぞう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "腎臓癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "suigan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "水",
              "すい"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "水癌: noma"
        },
        {
          "roman": "suizōgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "膵",
              "すい"
            ],
            [
              "臓",
              "ぞう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "膵臓癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "seiganzai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "制",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "剤",
              "ざい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "制癌剤"
        },
        {
          "roman": "seiganbusshitsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "制",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "ぶっ"
            ],
            [
              "質",
              "しつ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "制癌物質"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zetsugan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "舌",
              "ぜつ"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "舌癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sengan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "腺",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "腺癌: adenocarcinoma"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zenganjōtai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "前",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "状",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "態",
              "たい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "前癌状態"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zenritsusengan",
          "ruby": [
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              "前",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "立",
              "りつ"
            ],
            [
              "腺",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "前立腺癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sōkigan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "早",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "期",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "早期癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tārugan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "タール癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "daichōgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "腸",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "大腸癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tankangan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "胆",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "管",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "胆管癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tannōgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "胆",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "囊",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "胆囊癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chōgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "腸",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "腸癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chokuchōgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "直",
              "ちょく"
            ],
            [
              "腸",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "直腸癌"
        },
        {
          "english": "breast cancer",
          "roman": "nyūgan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "乳",
              "にゅう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "乳癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nenmakunaigan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "粘",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "膜",
              "まく"
            ],
            [
              "内",
              "ない"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "粘膜内癌"
        },
        {
          "english": "lung cancer",
          "roman": "haigan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "肺",
              "はい"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "肺癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hatsugan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "発",
              "はつ"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "発癌: carcinogenesis"
        },
        {
          "english": "skin cancer",
          "roman": "hifugan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "皮",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "膚",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "皮膚癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "henpeijōhigan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "扁",
              "へん"
            ],
            [
              "平",
              "ぺい"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "皮",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "扁平上皮癌"
        },
        {
          "english": "bladder cancer",
          "roman": "bōkōgan",
          "ruby": [
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              "膀",
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            ],
            [
              "胱",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "膀胱癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mibunkagan",
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              "未",
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            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
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              "化",
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            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "未分化癌"
        },
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            ],
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              "巣",
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            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "卵巣癌"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Pathology",
          "orig": "ja:Pathology",
          "parents": [
            "Medicine",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 61 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His grandmother died of cancer.",
          "roman": "Kare no sobo wa gan de shinda.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "祖",
              "そ"
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            [
              "母",
              "ぼ"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼の祖母は癌で死んだ。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I heard that from Mr. Tachihara of the Department of Culture, sounds like it’s a recurrence. The cancer cells have been spreading, seems like there’s not much hope this time around...",
          "ref": "1997 September 1 [1996 October 10], Fujiko F. Fujio, “くたばれ評論家 の巻”, in エスパー魔美 [Esper Mami], 4th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 151",
          "roman": "Bunkabu no Tachihara-san ni kiita no, saihatsu desu tte. Gan saibō ga achi kochi ten'i shite te, kondo wa dame darō to………",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "評",
              "ひょう"
            ],
            [
              "論",
              "ろん"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "巻",
              "まき"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "つるぎ"
            ],
            [
              "鋭",
              "えい"
            ],
            [
              "介",
              "すけ"
            ],
            [
              "文",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "化",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "部",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "立",
              "たち"
            ],
            [
              "原",
              "はら"
            ],
            [
              "再",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "発",
              "はつ"
            ],
            [
              "細",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "胞",
              "ぼう"
            ],
            [
              "転",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "移",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "え?剣鋭介がガン⁉\nE? Tsurugi Eisuke ga gan⁉\nWhat? Eisuke Tsurugi has cancer!?\n文化部の立原さんにきいたの、再発ですって。ガン細胞があちこち転移してて、こんどはダメだろうと………"
        }
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        "cancer"
      ],
      "id": "en-癌-ja-noun-VgCumbFO",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
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        [
          "oncology",
          "oncology"
        ],
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "cancer",
          "cancer"
        ]
      ],
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        "(medicine, oncology, pathology) cancer"
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        "medicine",
        "oncology",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "The centralized administrative system has become a cancer of society.",
          "roman": "Chūō shūken taisei wa shakai no gan ni natte iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "央",
              "おう"
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            [
              "集",
              "しゅう"
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            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "体",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "制",
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            [
              "社",
              "しゃ"
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            [
              "会",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "中央集権体制は社会の癌になっている。"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "cancer"
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      "id": "en-癌-ja-noun-VgCumbFO1",
      "links": [
        [
          "cancer",
          "cancer"
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      "ipa": "[ɡã̠ɴ]"
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    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading がん",
    "Japanese lemmas",
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    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji",
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
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      "english": "stomach cancer",
      "roman": "igan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "胃",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "胃癌"
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    {
      "roman": "intōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "咽",
          "いん"
        ],
        [
          "頭",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
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      "word": "咽頭癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gan'idenshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ],
        [
          "遺",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "伝",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "癌遺伝子"
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    {
      "roman": "gan'uirusu",
      "ruby": [
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          "癌",
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      "word": "癌ウイルス"
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    {
      "roman": "ganka",
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          "癌",
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          "化",
          "か"
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      ],
      "word": "癌化"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gansaibō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
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        [
          "細",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "胞",
          "ぼう"
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kansaibōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "肝",
          "かん"
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        [
          "細",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "胞",
          "ぼう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "肝細胞癌"
    },
    {
      "english": "carcinoma",
      "roman": "ganshu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ],
        [
          "腫",
          "しゅ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "癌腫"
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    {
      "roman": "kanzōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "肝",
          "かん"
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        [
          "臓",
          "ぞう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
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      ],
      "word": "肝臓癌"
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    {
      "roman": "gan'yokuseīdenshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ],
        [
          "抑",
          "よく"
        ],
        [
          "制",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "遺",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "伝",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "癌抑制遺伝子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ketchōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "結",
          "けっ"
        ],
        [
          "腸",
          "ちょう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
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      "word": "結腸癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōganzai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "抗",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ],
        [
          "剤",
          "ざい"
        ]
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      "word": "抗癌剤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōkūgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "口",
          "こう"
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        [
          "腔",
          "くう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
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      "word": "口腔癌"
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    {
      "roman": "kōjōsengan",
      "ruby": [
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          "甲",
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        [
          "状",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "腺",
          "せん"
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        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
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      ],
      "word": "甲状腺癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōseigan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "硬",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
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      "word": "硬性癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōtōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "喉",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "頭",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "喉頭癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shikyūgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "子",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "宮",
          "きゅう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "子宮癌"
    },
    {
      "english": "cervical cancer",
      "roman": "shikyūkeigan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "子",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "宮",
          "きゅう"
        ],
        [
          "頸",
          "けい"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "子宮頸癌"
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    {
      "roman": "shikyūtaigan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "子",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "宮",
          "きゅう"
        ],
        [
          "体",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "子宮体癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shōnigan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "児",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小児癌"
    },
    {
      "english": "esophageal cancer",
      "roman": "shokudōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "食",
          "しょく"
        ],
        [
          "道",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "食道癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jinzōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "腎",
          "じん"
        ],
        [
          "臓",
          "ぞう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "腎臓癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suigan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "水",
          "すい"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "水癌: noma"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suizōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "膵",
          "すい"
        ],
        [
          "臓",
          "ぞう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "膵臓癌"
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    {
      "roman": "seiganzai",
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        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ],
        [
          "剤",
          "ざい"
        ]
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      "word": "制癌剤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "seiganbusshitsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "制",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ],
        [
          "物",
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        [
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    {
      "roman": "zetsugan",
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          "舌",
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        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "舌癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sengan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "腺",
          "せん"
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        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
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      ],
      "word": "腺癌: adenocarcinoma"
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    {
      "roman": "zenganjōtai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ],
        [
          "状",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "態",
          "たい"
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      "word": "前癌状態"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zenritsusengan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
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        ],
        [
          "立",
          "りつ"
        ],
        [
          "腺",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "前立腺癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sōkigan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "早",
          "そう"
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        [
          "期",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
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      "word": "早期癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tārugan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "タール癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daichōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
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        [
          "腸",
          "ちょう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
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      "word": "大腸癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tankangan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "胆",
          "たん"
        ],
        [
          "管",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "tannōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "胆",
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        [
          "囊",
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        ],
        [
          "癌",
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        ]
      ],
      "word": "胆囊癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "腸",
          "ちょう"
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          "癌",
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    {
      "roman": "chokuchōgan",
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          "腸",
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        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "breast cancer",
      "roman": "nyūgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "乳",
          "にゅう"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "乳癌"
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    {
      "roman": "nenmakunaigan",
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        [
          "粘",
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          "膜",
          "まく"
        ],
        [
          "内",
          "ない"
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        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
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      ],
      "word": "粘膜内癌"
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    {
      "english": "lung cancer",
      "roman": "haigan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "肺",
          "はい"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "肺癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hatsugan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "発",
          "はつ"
        ],
        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "発癌: carcinogenesis"
    },
    {
      "english": "skin cancer",
      "roman": "hifugan",
      "ruby": [
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          "膚",
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        [
          "癌",
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      "word": "皮膚癌"
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    {
      "roman": "henpeijōhigan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "扁",
          "へん"
        ],
        [
          "平",
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        ],
        [
          "上",
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          "皮",
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        [
          "癌",
          "がん"
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "bladder cancer",
      "roman": "bōkōgan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "膀",
          "ぼう"
        ],
        [
          "胱",
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        ],
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    {
      "roman": "mibunkagan",
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        ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "がん",
        "2": "ガン"
      },
      "expansion": "癌(がん) or 癌(ガン) • (gan)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "ja:Medicine",
        "ja:Oncology",
        "ja:Pathology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His grandmother died of cancer.",
          "roman": "Kare no sobo wa gan de shinda.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "祖",
              "そ"
            ],
            [
              "母",
              "ぼ"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼の祖母は癌で死んだ。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I heard that from Mr. Tachihara of the Department of Culture, sounds like it’s a recurrence. The cancer cells have been spreading, seems like there’s not much hope this time around...",
          "ref": "1997 September 1 [1996 October 10], Fujiko F. Fujio, “くたばれ評論家 の巻”, in エスパー魔美 [Esper Mami], 4th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 151",
          "roman": "Bunkabu no Tachihara-san ni kiita no, saihatsu desu tte. Gan saibō ga achi kochi ten'i shite te, kondo wa dame darō to………",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "評",
              "ひょう"
            ],
            [
              "論",
              "ろん"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "巻",
              "まき"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "つるぎ"
            ],
            [
              "鋭",
              "えい"
            ],
            [
              "介",
              "すけ"
            ],
            [
              "文",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "化",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "部",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "立",
              "たち"
            ],
            [
              "原",
              "はら"
            ],
            [
              "再",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "発",
              "はつ"
            ],
            [
              "細",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "胞",
              "ぼう"
            ],
            [
              "転",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "移",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "え?剣鋭介がガン⁉\nE? Tsurugi Eisuke ga gan⁉\nWhat? Eisuke Tsurugi has cancer!?\n文化部の立原さんにきいたの、再発ですって。ガン細胞があちこち転移してて、こんどはダメだろうと………"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cancer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "oncology",
          "oncology"
        ],
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "cancer",
          "cancer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine, oncology, pathology) cancer"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "oncology",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The centralized administrative system has become a cancer of society.",
          "roman": "Chūō shūken taisei wa shakai no gan ni natte iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "央",
              "おう"
            ],
            [
              "集",
              "しゅう"
            ],
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "体",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "制",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "社",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "会",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "癌",
              "がん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "中央集権体制は社会の癌になっている。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cancer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cancer",
          "cancer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) cancer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "がん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "癌"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "癌"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "癌",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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