病気

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
びょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
病氣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(びょう)() (byōkiびやうき (byauki)?

  1. sickness, illness, disease
    (びょう)()(かか)
    byōki ni kakaru
    to get sick

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Adjective

(びょう)() (byōkiびやうき (byauki)?-na (adnominal (びょう)() (byōki na), adverbial (びょう)() (byōki ni))

  1. ill, sick
    (びょう)()(ひと)
    byōki no hito
    a sick person
    (かの)(じょ)(ちか)ごろ(びょう)()がちだ。
    Kanojo wa chikagoro byōki-gachi da.
    She has been ill a lot lately.
  2. (slang) abnormal, mentally ill

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN