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

Noun

病(びょう)気(き) • (byōki) ←びやうき (byauki)?

  1. sickness, illness, disease
    病(びょう)気(き)に罹(かか)る
    byōki ni kakaru
    to get sick

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 病(びょう)気(き)になる (byōki ni naru)

Adjective

病(びょう)気(き) • (byōki) ←びやうき (byauki)?-na (adnominal 病(びょう)気(き)な (byōki na), adverbial 病(びょう)気(き)に (byōki ni))

  1. ill, 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.
  2. (slang) abnormal, mentally ill

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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