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病気 (びょうき): Illness / sick — Japanese vocabulary

病気 is read びょうき and means "Illness / sick". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

病気

Reading
びょうき · byouki
Translation
Illness / sick
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
びょうきが

Example

祖父は病気で入院しています。

そふはびょうきでにゅういんしています。

My grandfather is in the hospital because he's sick.

Kanji in this word

  • 病 — sickness
  • 気 — spirit, mood

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