Illustration: In a Japanese hospital room, a visibly exhausted adult lies propped in bed with a nasal oxygen cannula and an intravenous line. Their face is drawn, their shoulders have little strength and even lifting a hand toward a visiting child requires support from a nurse.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

重じゅう病びょう

juubyou

serious illness

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは重病じゅうびょうだそうだ。
It is said that she is seriously ill.
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彼かれは重病じゅうびょうにかかっている。
He is suffering from a serious illness.
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その少年しょうねんは重病じゅうびょうと戦たたかった。
The boy battled against a serious illness.
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Kanji in 重病

重heavy; importantOnジュウ・チョウKunえ・おもい・おもり
病ill; sickOnビョウ・ヘイKunやむ・やまい

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