病 (Yamai) is a Japanese noun meaning “illness, disease, bad habit, weakness”.
Meanings
- nounillness; disease
- nounbad habit; weakness; fault
Examples
病は気から。
Care killed a cat.
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.
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.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).