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患いつく (わずらいつく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb
fall ill ; become sick ; be bedridden
Describes the onset of a serious or prolonged illness, often implying being confined to bed. Slightly literary or formal; in casual speech 病気になる is more common.
彼かの
女じょ
は
過か
労ろう
で
患わずら
い
つき
、
しばらく
仕し
事ごと
を
休やす
ん
だ
。
She became sick from overwork and took time off work for a while.
Written forms 患わずら いつく
Standard kanji spelling using 患い (illness) + つく (to be afflicted).
患わずら い 付つ く
Variant with 付く for つく; less common but still encountered.
煩わずら いつく
Uses 煩い (worry/illness); rare and may be confused with 煩う.
煩わずら い 付つ く
Rare variant combining 煩い and 付く.
Kanji 患 afflicted, disease, suffer from 付 adhere, attach, refer to Similar words 病びょう 気き になる Common, neutral way to say 'get sick'; 患いつく is more literary and implies a serious, bedridden state.
患わずら う Also means 'to be ill', but 患いつく emphasizes the onset or becoming bedridden, while 患う can refer to a chronic condition.
Etymology Compound of 患い (illness, from verb 患う) + つく (to be afflicted, to take to). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys the idea of being struck by illness.
