How to say 'Cancer' in Japanese | がん

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The Japanese word for Cancer is 'Gan', written as がん in Japanese.

word

がん

Meaning

Cancer

Reading

Gan

Explanation

The Japanese noun 'がん (gan)' refers to 'cancer', the disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body. It is commonly used in medical contexts and everyday conversations about health. For example: He was diagnosed with cancer「彼はがんと診断された」(かれはがんとしんだんされた). Early detection of cancer is important「がんの早期発見は重要です」(がんのそうきはっけんはじゅうようです). The word can also appear in compound terms like '胃がん (いがん)' (stomach cancer) or '肺がん (はいがん)' (lung cancer).

Part Of Speech

noun

Frequency

1077

Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

Hiragana in the Word がん

This word contains 2 Hiragana characters :

hiragana

が

Reading

hiragana

ん

Reading

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'Gan' means 'Cancer' .

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