Cholera - cholera

Japanese: 霍乱 - かくらん

〘Noun〙 (Abbreviation of "kikakuryouran (furious cholera)" from the meaning of writhing and waving hands around violently) A general term for various illnesses caused by heatstroke. Nowadays, it usually means heatstroke, but in the past, it mostly referred to symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. It may have referred to things like today's acute intestinal catarrh. [Season: Summer] *Shosoin documents - May 3rd year of the Hoki era (772) - Explanation of Tabe no Kuni no Kami "On the 14th of that month, _{the two} kuni no Kami _suffered from cholera and _{were unable} to move about." *Ukiyo-zoshi - Seken Munesanyo (1692) 1 "In the summer, I suffered from cholera and had no choice but to wear clothes of 1.8 monme quality." [Hanshu - Biography of Gensuke]

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「きかくりょうらん（揮霍撩乱）」の略。もがいて手を激しく振り回す意から) 暑気あたりによって起きる諸病の総称。現在では普通、日射病をさすが、古くは、多く、吐いたりくだしたりする症状のものをいう。今日の急性腸カタルなどの類をいったか。《季・夏》※正倉院文書‐宝亀三年（772）五月・田部国守解「以_二国守当月十四日霍乱_一、起居不_レ得」※浮世草子・世間胸算用（1692）一「夏くはくらんを患ひてせんかたなく、衣を壱匁八分の質に置けるが」〔漢書‐厳助伝〕

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