How do you read 病気?

病気 is read びょうき (byouki), with heiban pitch accent (flat).

How is 病気 used in a sentence?

病気で会社を休みました。 — I took a day off work due to illness.

How do you write 病気 in romaji?

病気 is written byouki in romaji, also spelled byoki.

What kanji are in 病気?

病 (Ill, Sick); 気 (Spirit, Mind).

病気びょうき

Q: What JLPT level is 病気?

病気 is a JLPT N5 word (beginner).

びょうき · byouki (also spelled byoki)

JLPT N5 › noun

Illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold), disease, sickness

bad habit, bad behaviour, weakness, failing
crazy, insane, disturbed, sick in the head

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Heiban

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Example sentences

病気で会社を休みました。

びょうきでかいしゃをやすみました。

I took a day off work due to illness.

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病気で休みます。

びょうきでやすみます。

I will rest due to illness.

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彼女は病気を治そうと努力している。

かのじょはびょうきをなおそうとどりょくしている。

She is making an effort to cure the illness.

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彼女は病気になって、会社を休んだ。

かのじょはびょうきになって、かいしゃをやすんだ。

She became ill and took a day off from work.

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Kanji in this word

病Ill, Sick 音びょう・へい訓や.む・-や.み JLPT N4 · 10 strokes 気Spirit, Mind, Air 音き・け訓いき JLPT N5 · 6 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

～病～びょうkind of disease 病院びょういんhospital 病気びょうきillness; sickness 病むやむto fall ill, to be ill 臆病おくびょうcowardice, timidity 看病かんびょうnursing (a patient)気きspirit, mood 一気いっきat one push, in one gulp

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What does 病気 mean?

Illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold), disease, sickness. It can also mean: bad habit, bad behaviour, weakness, failing; crazy, insane, disturbed, sick in the head.

How do you pronounce 病気?

びょうき (byouki). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.

What JLPT level is 病気?

JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.

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