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病気
びょうき - byōki



sick
sick


Definitions

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病気
     1. n. sickness
           病気に罹る - to get sick
     2. n. ill, sick
           病気の人 - a sick person
           彼女は近ごろ病気がちだ。 - She has been ill a lot lately.
     3. adj. (slang) abnormal, mentally ill

Example Sentences

「ポールは今日は病気で寝ています。」「それは気のどくだ。」
    Paul is sick in bed today. "That's too bad."
あの元気な男が病気で倒れるなんて、鬼の霍乱ともっぱらの噂だよ。
    For a healthy cheerful guy like that to get sick is like the devil getting sunstroke. Everyone is talking about it.
そして今、警察に電話するために病気のおばあさんの家に急いでいたのだった。
    Now she was hurrying to her sick Grannie's house to call the police.
その司祭は病気の男の身代わりになった。
    The priest took the sick man's place.
その子は病気で日曜から入院しています。
    The child is sick and has been in the hospital since last Sunday.



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