Word Meaning 大流行

だいりゅうこう dairyuukou

大流行 is read as だいりゅうこう (dairyuukou) and means widespread contagion.

Meaning

English

  1. widespread contagion
  2. large outbreak
  3. big craze
  4. boom
  5. popular trend
  6. huge popularity

Reading

Kana

だいりゅうこう

Romaji

dairyuukou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 46262 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大流行り

おおはやり

widespread contagion

大統領代行

だいとうりょうだいこう

acting president

流行

りゅうこう

prevalence (of a disease)

流行歌

りゅうこうか

popular song

流行る

はやる

to be popular

一流大学

いちりゅうだいがく

top university

流行地

りゅうこうち

infected district

今流行り

いまはやり

currently popular

流行っ子

はやりっこ

popular geisha

流行作家

りゅうこうさっか

popular writer

流行り

はやり

prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

Example Sentences

2

Colds are prevalent this winter.

At Tom's school, the Tatoeba craze has become so widespread that it's affecting students' studies. As a result, an emergency staff meeting was held and it was decided to limit students to submitting no more than 30 example sentences per day. However, since the school hasn't fully tracked the students' accounts, implementing this measure has proven challenging.