Usage patterns 病びょう 気き を 治なお す to cure/treat an illness
The doctor cured his illness.
それは 病びょう 気き だ used colloquially to say someone's behavior is crazy/off
Shopping that much all the time—that's just crazy.
病びょう 気き が 治なお る for an illness to get better/heal
After taking the medicine, the illness went away.
病びょう 気き で 休やす む to take time off due to illness
He missed school because he was sick.
病びょう 気き で 亡な くなる to pass away from an illness
My grandfather passed away from an illness.
Expressions· 7 病びょう 気き のふり feigning illness; pretending to be sick Show 2 more Show fewer 病びょう 気き に 託かこつ けて under the pretext of illness; using illness as an excuse Related words 疾患 is a formal medical term for disease used in clinical writing, while 病気 is the everyday word for illness.
風邪 refers specifically to a common cold, whereas 病気 is the broader term covering any illness or disease.
病気 is the everyday word for sickness, while 病 is a more literary or formal term that can also mean a personal flaw.
病気 is the common, everyday word for illness, while 疾病 is a formal term used in medical, legal, or statistical contexts.
病気 is the general word for any illness, while 急病 specifically emphasizes the sudden, acute onset of the illness.
Opposites 健康 means being healthy, the direct opposite state of 病気 (being ill).
病気 means illness or sickness, the natural opposite of the health sense of ヘルス .
病気 means sick or ill, the direct opposite of being 元気 (healthy and well).
Don't confuse with· 6 病気 is the general word for any illness, whereas 持病 specifically means a long-standing, recurring condition someone has had for a long time.
病気 is the everyday standalone word for 'illness', while 症 cannot stand alone and must attach to another word to name a specific condition.
病気 refers to the illness or disease itself, whereas 病苦 refers to the suffering and distress caused by that illness.
Show 3 more Show fewer 病気 means illness or sickness caused by disease, while 怪我 means injury caused by an accident or external cause; learners sometimes lump both together as 'being unwell'.
病気 refers to a specific illness or disease itself, while 病弱 describes a person's chronic tendency toward poor health.
病気 means the illness or sickness itself, whereas 病名 is only the formal name given to that illness.
Word family prone to illness; sickly; often ill
sick leave; paid sick days
sick leave; medical leave
get-well gift; get-well card; get-well letter · visit to a sick person; inquiry after a sick person
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 病 , “illness,” and 気 , “condition; vital energy.” The form is attested in medieval Japanese and became the ordinary word for illness.
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