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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

持じ病びょう

jibyou

chronic illness

Example sentences

  1. 腰こしに持病じびょうがあります。

    I have back problems.

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  2. 膝ひざに負担ふたんがかかるので、足腰あしこしに持病じびょうを持もつ人ひとにはつらい姿勢しせいである。

    Also, because this style puts pressure on the knees, it is a painful position for people who have problems with their legs and backs.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 持病じびょうのため、木戸きどは以後いご、本格的ほんかくてきに明治政府めいじせいふを取とり仕切しきれなくなった。

    From that time he became unable to preside in the Meiji government due to his illness.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 持病

  • 持hold; haveOnジKunもつ・もてる
  • 病ill; sickOnビョウ・ヘイKunやむ・やまい

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