病びょう気きにかかる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

fall ill; get sick; contract a disease

Common expression for becoming ill or catching a disease. かかる is a godan verb; the phrase is often used in past tense (かかった) or with auxiliary verbs.

• 先せん週しゅう、風邪かぜをひいて病びょう気きにかかった。

  Last week I caught a cold and got sick.

• 彼かれは重おもい病びょう気きにかかっている。

  He is suffering from a serious illness.