病臥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
びょう
Grade: 3

Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

Appears to be from Middle Chinese compound (bˠiæŋH ŋuɑH, literally sick + to lie down).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) びょーが [byóꜜògà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bʲo̞ːɡa̠]

Noun

(びょう)() • (byōga) びやうぐわ (byaugwa)?

  1. bedriddenness, being bedridden, being sick in bed

Verb

(びょう)()する • (byōga suru) びやうぐわ (byaugwa)?suru (stem (びょう)() (byōga shi), past (びょう)()した (byōga shita))

  1. to be bedridden, to be sick in bed

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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