Word Meaning 麻痺

まひ mahi

麻痺 is read as まひ (mahi) and means paralysis.

Meaning

English

  1. paralysis
  2. palsy
  3. numbness
  4. stupor

Reading

Kana

まひ

Romaji

mahi

Writing Variants

  • 痲痺 まひ mahi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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麻痺性痴呆

まひせいちほう

paralytic dementia

家族性痙性対麻痺

かぞくせいけいせいたいまひ

familial spastic paraplegia

進行麻痺

しんこうまひ

progressive paralysis (due to neurosyphilis)

脳性小児麻痺

のうせいしょうにまひ

cerebral palsy

半身麻痺

はんしんまひ

hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)

脳性麻痺

のうせいまひ

cerebral palsy

痙性麻痺

けいせいまひ

spastic paralysis

産褥麻痺

さんじょくまひ

milk fever

知覚麻痺

ちかくまひ

stupor

顔面神経麻痺

がんめんしんけいまひ

facial paralysis

脊髄性小児麻痺

せきずいせいしょうにまひ

poliomyelitis

四肢麻痺

ししまひ

quadriplegia

Example Sentences

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ながくすわっていたので、あしがまひしました。

My leg went numb because I had been sitting too long.

さむさでゆびさきがすこしまひしています。

My fingertips are a little numb from the cold.

Smith died of a heart attack.

She is paralyzed in both legs.

Too much alcohol paralyzes our perceptive powers.

The Tokaido Line was crippled by the typhoon.

Currently, it is a situation in which transport links in the metropolitan area have been paralyzed due to the earthquake.