病 (やまい, yamai) Japanese meaning: illness | KotomoraHe passed away after a long illness.
Usage patterns
病にかかるto contract an illness
He contracted a serious illness when he was young.
〈人〉の病が出るsomeone's bad habit rears its head
His spendthrift habit reared its head again.
病を患うto suffer from an illness
My grandfather had suffered from a heart condition for many years.
病と闘うto fight (against) an illness
She kept working while fighting her illness.
病に苦しむto be tormented by an illness
He suffered for a long time from an illness of unknown cause.
作り病
feigned illness; pretended sickness
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nervous breakdown; neurosis; illness from anxiety
sickness radical; illness radical
epidemic; plague
lingering illness; chronic ill health; long-term malaise of uncertain origin
