Illustration: In a modest home bedroom, an adult lies propped against pillows under a duvet, shoulders rounded with weakness and one hand holding a tissue over their mouth during a cough. A family member sits beside the bed, replacing a damp cloth in a basin and watching with concern.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

患わずらう

wazurau

to suffer from an illness

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは心臓病しんぞうびょうを患わずらっている。

    He has a heart condition.

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  2. 妻つまは肺炎はいえんを患わずらってるんです。

    My wife is suffering from pneumonia.

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  3. トムは関節炎かんせつえんを患わずらっています。

    Tom has arthritis.

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Kanji in 患

  • 患afflicted; diseaseOnカンKunわずらう

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