病床
Meanings
1
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
sickbed; hospital bed
Refers to a bed for a sick person, often in a hospital setting. Can also be used attributively with の.
My grandfather passed away quietly in his sickbed.
I went to the hospital every day to visit my father, who was bedridden.
Usage patterns
- 病床に就くto take to one's sickbed; to become bedridden
His illness worsened and he took to his sickbed.
- 病床にあるto be confined to a sickbed
My grandfather has been confined to his sickbed for a year now.
- 病床を見舞うto visit someone at their sickbed
I went to visit my friend at his sickbed.
- 病床で〈動詞〉to do something while confined to one's sickbed
She finished writing her last novel from her sickbed.