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：2025/12/07
膏肓
Hiragana
こうこう
Noun
alt-of
alternative
proscribed
Japanese Meaning
膏肓とは、病気が重く治療が困難な状態を指す語。転じて、事態が非常に深刻で手の施しようがないことのたとえとしても用いられる。
Easy Japanese Meaning
なおりにくいびょうきで、むねのうしろのふかいところにあるとされたばしょ
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(proscribed) Alternative form of 膏肓 (kōkō)
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膏肓
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He is suffering from an incurable disease.
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彼は膏肓の病に苦しんでいる。
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