Japanese word
病気
びょうき
In your course · Chapter 20
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- informal
- Level
- A2
- Frequency
- No. 638 in the course corpus
Meanings
- illness
- illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold)
- disease
- sickness
- bad habit
- bad behaviour
- weakness
- failing
- crazy
- insane
- disturbed
- sick in the head
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Kanji
- 病
- On reading:
- ビョウ、ヘイ
- Kun reading:
- -や.み、や.む、やまい
- Meanings:
- ill, sick
- 気
- On reading:
- キ、ケ
- Kun reading:
- いき、き
- Meanings:
- spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))