Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぞう
Grade: 5
あく
Grade: 3
kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
增惡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ぞう)(あく) (zōakuぞうあく (zouaku)?

  1. (of an illness, etc.) exacerbation, aggravation

Verb edit

(ぞう)(あく)する (zōaku suruぞうあく (zouaku)?intransitive suru (stem (ぞう)(あく) (zōaku shi), past (ぞう)(あく)した (zōaku shita))

  1. (of an illness, etc.) to become exacerbated, to become aggravated
    • 1916–1917, 森鴎外, 伊沢蘭軒[1], 青空文庫:
      同月下旬(どうげつげじゆん)榛軒(しんけん)(やまひ)(かか)つた。(あるい)(これ)より(さき)(やまひ)(はつ)して、此旬(このじゆん)()つて増悪(ぞうあく)したのかも()れない。
      Dōgetsu gejun ni Shinken ga yamai ni kakatta. Arui wa kore yori saki ni yamai o hasshite, kono jun ni itte zōaku shita no ka mo shirenai.
      In the last third of the same month, Shinken contracted an illness. Or perhaps he developed the illness before then, and it became exacerbated in this third of the month.

Conjugation edit