びょうき

病気

illness

byouki

Quiz

JLPT: N5
Frequency: #1,680

Meanings

1
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sicknessnoun
2
bad habit; bad behaviour; weaknessnoun
3
crazy; insane; disturbedtakes の

JMdict 1490230

In a sentence

How it works

The pattern here is “become ~”. 病気(びょうき) (sick) takes に (to) to mark the state being entered, then なる (become) carries the change — “become sick”. The verb is in polite past なりました (became), where 〜ました ((polite past)) is the polite, finished form.

Written with

病ill10 strokes
気spirit6 strokes