Epilepsy - irritability

Japanese: 癇 - かん

〘noun〙① A disease that suddenly shows symptoms such as convulsions and fainting. Epilepsy, convulsions , etc. ※Aribashi Fukudakata (around 1362-67) 5 "When epilepsy strikes, the patient falls to the ground, bites his tongue, spits blood, and twitches his arms and legs. " ※Kabuki, Repeated Blooming Fumizuki (Sannin Katawa) (1874), Act 3 "Oh, when I met the two of you and heard that my doubts had been cleared, it seems as if my closed heart has reopened and I can speak normally again." [Book of the Later Han - Wang Fu Zhuan] ② A general term for nervous diseases. [Ippondo Gyoyo Igen (1788)] ③ The quality or feeling of being oversensitive and becoming excited or irritated by even the smallest things. Kan . *Revised and expanded Japanese English Forest Collection (1886) " Kan no Tsuyoi"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 発作的に、けいれん、失神などの症状をあらわす疾患。癲癇(てんかん)、ひきつけの類。※有林福田方（1362‐67頃）五「癇は発則は地に仆れ、舌をかみ沫をはき手足搐搦(ひくめか)し」※歌舞伎・繰返開花婦見月（三人片輪）（1874）三幕「おお二人に逢って疑ひが、晴れたと聞いて嬉しやと閉ぢた癇(カン)が開いたか、不断のやうに口が利けます」〔後漢書‐王符伝〕② 神経病の総称。〔一本堂行余医言（1788）〕③ 神経が過敏で、ちょっとしたことでも興奮したり、いらいらしたりする性質や気持。疳(かん)。※改正増補和英語林集成（1886）「Kan(カン)ノツヨイ」

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