病気 (Byouki) is a Japanese noun meaning “illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold), disease, sickness, bad habit”.
Meanings
- nounillness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness
- nounbad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing
- adjectival nouncrazy; insane; disturbed; sick in the head
Examples
母は病気で寝ている。
My mother is sick in bed.
母は先月から病気だ。
My mother has been sick since last month.
初めは病気だと思った。
At first, I thought they were sick.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).