noun
Refers to mental distress, concerns, or troubles one carries. Often used in expressions like 煩いがある or 煩いの種.
最近、仕事の煩いが絶えない。
Lately, work worries never cease.
彼は金銭の煩いから解放された。
He was freed from financial troubles.
noun
Refers to physical illness or disease. Often used in compound words like 長患い (long illness) or with the kanji 患い.
長い患いの末、彼は亡くなった。
After a long illness, he passed away.
心の患いは体にも影響する。
Mental illness also affects the body.
Derived from the verb 煩う/患う (わずらう), meaning 'to worry' or 'to be ill'. The noun form わずらい nominalizes the verb stem.