アレルギー

allergy

Also:aversion (to)

What does アレルギー mean?

アレルギー is a Japanese noun meaning allergy in English. It can also be translated as aversion (to) depending on context. It is written as アレルギー in hiragana, and arerugii in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.

Example sentence

私のおいは卵に対してアレルギー体質だ。

My nephew is allergic to eggs.