病気

Japanese

Kanji in this term
病	気
びょう Grade: 3	き Grade: 1
goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
病氣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びょーき [byòókí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːkʲi]

Noun

病(びょう)気(き) • (byōki) ^{←びやうき (byauki)^?}

sickness, illness, disease
病(びょう)気(き)になる ― byōki ni naru ― to get sick

病(びょう)気(き)に罹(かか)る ― byōki ni kakaru ― to get sick

病(びょう)気(き)の人(ひと) ― byōki no hito ― a sick person

彼(かの)女(じょ)は近(ちか)ごろ病(びょう)気(き)がちだ。
Kanojo wa chikagoro byōki-gachi da.
She has been ill a lot lately.
(slang) abnormal, mentally ill
(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

疾(しっ)患(かん) (shikkan)
疾(しっ)病(ぺい) (shippei)
病(やまい) (yamai)
患(わずら)い (wazurai)
(dialectal, Kagoshima) あんべ (anbe)

Related terms

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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