重じゅう病びょう

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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

serious illness; severe disease

Refers to a life-threatening or very grave medical condition. Often used in formal or medical contexts, and can modify nouns with の.

祖そ父ふは重じゅう病びょうで入にゅう院いんしている。
My grandfather is hospitalized with a serious illness.
重じゅう病びょう患かん者じゃのために新あたらしい治ち療りょう法ほうが開かい発はつされた。
A new treatment has been developed for seriously ill patients.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が重じゅう病びょうにかかるfor someone to come down with a serious illness
祖そ父ふが重じゅう病びょうにかかり、入にゅう院いんした。
My grandfather came down with a serious illness and was hospitalized.
重じゅう病びょうを患わずらうto suffer from a serious illness
彼かれは若わかい頃ころに重じゅう病びょうを患わずらったことがある。
He once suffered from a serious illness when he was young.