病びょう友ゆう

noun

sick friend; fellow patient

Refers to a friend who is ill, or to someone one meets and befriends while both are patients. The context usually makes the intended meaning clear.

• 入にゅう院いん中ちゅうにできた病びょう友ゆうと、退たい院いん後ごも連れん絡らくを取とり合あっている。

  I still keep in touch with a fellow patient I met while hospitalized.

• 彼かれは病びょう友ゆうを見み舞まうために、毎まい週しゅう病びょう院いんへ通かよっている。

  He goes to the hospital every week to visit his sick friend.