also: ふちのやまい
incurable illness; incurable disease
Refers to a disease that cannot be cured. Often used in serious or literary contexts.
彼は不治の病にかかっていると診断された。
He was diagnosed with an incurable illness.
不治の病と闘う患者を支援する団体がある。
There are organizations that support patients fighting incurable diseases.
Standard kanji spelling. The reading ふじのやまい is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 不治 (fuji, 'incurable') + の (possessive particle) + 病 (yamai, 'illness'). 不治 is a Sino-Japanese word (kango) from 不 (fu, 'not') and 治 (ji, 'cure').