plague
verb#5,149
Translations
- ペストペスト
- 異常発生いじょうはっせい
- 疫病神やくびょうがみ
- 疫癘えきれい
English definition
- a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
Examples
- Rats carry the plague.
- More often than not, famine is accompanied by plague.