平へい臥が

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

lying down

Formal or medical term for lying flat, often used in clinical or descriptive contexts.

• 患かん者じゃはベッドに平へい臥がしている。

  The patient is lying flat on the bed.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being laid up; being ill in bed

Used when someone is confined to bed due to illness or injury; carries a nuance of prolonged bed rest.

• 彼かれは風邪かぜで三みっ日か間かん平へい臥がしていた。

  He was laid up in bed for three days with a cold.