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病 - N4 Kanji

Meaning of 病 意味

ill, sick

病 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

や.む ya.mu
-や.み -ya.mi
やまい yamai

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ビョウ byou
ヘイ hei

Examples

ジョンのおばあさんは長い間病に伏せていたが、亡くなった。John’s grandmother passed away after a long illness.
病は気から。Sickness and health start with the mind.
これらの感染病はミルクの汚染が原因だった。These infections were caused by contaminated milk.
ほとんど全ての人は治療で死に、病のゆえではない。Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illness.
年来の経済病には手軽にきく万能薬などありません。There is no easy cure-all for old economic ills.
恋は悲しみに満ちた病であり、あらゆる治療をも薬をも受け付けない。Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing.
私は1週間病だったので、仕事の遅れを取り戻すのにあらゆる努力を払っている。Since I was sick for a week, I am making every possible effort to catch up.
王を得た麒麟もまた寿命を持たない生き物だが、この病ばかりは治癒の方法がない。A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.

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