Illustration: In a Japanese apartment bedroom, an adult lies propped against pillows with flushed cheeks, heavy eyelids and a cooling cloth across the forehead. A cough interrupts an attempt to sit up. Beside the futon, a family member holds a bowl of rice porridge and waits patiently for the coughing to ease.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

病やまい

yamai

illness, disease

Example sentences

  1. ジョンのおばあさんは長ながい間あいだ病やまいに伏ふせていたが、亡なくなった。

    John’s grandmother passed away after a long illness.

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  2. 王おうを得えた麒麟きりんもまた寿命じゅみょうを持もたない生いき物ものだが、この病やまいばかりは治癒ちゆの方法ほうほうがない。

    A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.

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  3. 恋こいの病やまいに薬くすりなし。

    There is no cure for lovesickness.

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Kanji in 病

  • 病ill; sickOnビョウ・ヘイKunやむ・やまい

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