Illustration: In a quiet apartment bedroom, a woman gently replaces the damp cloth on her feverish partner’s forehead. He lies beneath a duvet, flushed and tired, while a water glass, thermometer, tissues, and a small bowl of rice porridge sit within reach.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

看かん病びょう

kanbyou

to care for a sick person

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは病気びょうきの子供こどもを徹夜てつやで看病かんびょうした。
She kept an all-night vigil over her sick child.
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メアリーと妹いもうとは交替こうたいで母親ははおやの看病かんびょうをした。
Mary and her sister took turns at looking after their sick mother.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼女かのじょは病気びょうきの母ははの看病かんびょうをした。
She cared for her sick mother.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 看病

看watch over; seeOnカンKunみる
病ill; sickOnビョウ・ヘイKunやむ・やまい

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