患わずらいつく

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

fall ill; become sick; be bedridden

Describes the onset of a serious or prolonged illness, often implying being confined to bed. Slightly literary or formal; in casual speech 病気になる is more common.

• 祖そ父ふは去きょ年ねんの冬ふゆに患わずらいついて、まだ入にゅう院いんしている。

  My grandfather fell ill last winter and is still hospitalized.

• 彼かの女じょは過か労ろうで患わずらいつき、しばらく仕し事ごとを休やすんだ。

  She became sick from overwork and took time off work for a while.