JLPT N5 vocabulary

病気meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

びょうき0Heiban · flat

Meaning

  1. illness (usually excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold), disease, sickness
  2. bad habit, bad behaviour, weakness, failing
  3. crazy, insane, disturbed, sick in the head (colloquial; noun used adjectivally with の)
Illustration of 病気

Example sentences

  1. こんなに頭あたまが痛くいたて、病気びょうきでなくてなんだろう。

    My head hurts so much I must be sick.

  2. 彼かれはその病気びょうきゆえに苦労くろうしたこともあったという。

    Reportedly, he sometimes suffered hardships because of that illness.

  3. 彼女かのじょの病気びょうきを多少たしょうなりとも楽らくにしてやりたいんです。

    I want to help ease her sickness to some extent.