篤とく疾しつ

noun

serious illness; critical illness

A formal or literary term for a severe, life-threatening disease. Not used in casual conversation; more common in medical or legal contexts.

• 彼かれは篤とく疾しつのため入にゅう院いんした。

  He was hospitalized due to a serious illness.

noun

severely disabled person (ritsuryō system)

Archaic legal term from the ritsuryō codes, referring to a person with a heavy disability. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、篤とく疾しつは課か役えきを免めん除じょされた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, severely disabled persons were exempted from taxes and labor.