アレルギー

arerugii

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 katakana, and arerugii in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N5 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.