病気

Japanese

Kanji in this term
病 気
びょう
Grade: 3
き
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
病氣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

病(びょう)気(き) • (byōki) ←びやうき (byauki)?

  1. sickness
    病(びょう)気(き)に罹(かか)る
    byōki ni kakaru
    to get sick
  2. 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.

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. (slang) abnormal, mentally ill

Inflection

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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