病気|びょうきbyouki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounillness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness
   あなたの病気びょうきがよくなることを願ねがっています。↗

   I hope you'll get well soon.
2. nounbad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing
3. no-adjectivecrazy; insane; disturbed; sick in the head

• Synonym疾患しっかんWrittenMedical term for specific diseases or disorders, as in 「心疾患」; used in diagnoses and reports.
• Synonym疾病しっぺいWrittenWritten word for illness, common in official documents and statistics, as in 「疾病予防」.
• Synonym病やまいWrittenRead 「やまい」, this literary word appears in phrases like 「病に倒れる」; it can also mean a bad habit or weakness.
• Synonym病魔びょうまWrittenPictures disease as a demon, with a literary flavor, as in 「病魔に侵される」.
• Synonym病患びょうかんWrittenWritten-language word for sickness; very rarely used.
• Related所労しょろうWrittenA respectful term for fatigue or illness; still seen in set phrases like 「ご所労のため欠席」.
• Related不例ふれいWrittenA respectful word for a superior's or dignitary's indisposition, as in 「ご不例」; still in limited use today.
• Antonym健康けんこうNeutralThe opposite of 「病気」: being healthy, free of illness.

For falling ill or being sick, 「病気」 is the default. Use 「疾患」 for medical diagnoses, 「疾病」 in official documents and statistics, 「病」 for literary style, and 「病魔」 when disease is pictured as a demon.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 肉体にくたい又または精神せいしんが普段ふだんの自分じぶん又または周囲しゅういの他者たしゃと比較ひかくし異常いじょうであり、苦痛くつうや行動こうどうに支障ししょうを感かんじている状態じょうたい。
2. 特とくに異常いじょうな精神せいしん状態じょうたい、悪わるい癖くせの例たとえ。俗ぞくに気違きちがいの婉曲えんきょく表現ひょうげん。