noun
nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety
Rare term for a mental condition caused by worry or anxiety; not a modern clinical term. More common modern words include 神経衰弱 or ノイローゼ.
彼は長年の心配事で気煩いになったと言われている。
They say he suffered a nervous breakdown from years of worry.
昔の小説には「気煩い」という言葉がよく出てくる。
The word 気煩い often appears in old novels.
Compound of 気 (ki, 'spirit, mind') and 煩い (wazurai, 'illness, affliction'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is now rare.