- I〔身体の〕(an) illness，《米》 (a) sickness；〔特定の名のつく病気〕a disease；〔軽い病気〕an ailment；〔障害〕a disorder；〔慢性の病気〕a chronic disease
病気の ill；《米》 sick（▼sickは 《英》 では通例，限定用法のみ．述語的にはill, unwellを用いる）
- 病気にかかる
- contract [come down with] an illness
- 病気で倒れる
- get sick and be unable to work／〔死ぬ〕die of a disease
- 辛抱強く病気と闘った
- He fought a patient battle against his illness.
- 母は病気で１か月寝ている
- My mother has been ill [sick] in bed for a month.
- 病気で学校を休んだ
- He was absent from school on account of sickness [illness].
- 病気で勤めを休んでいる
- He is on sick leave.
- 重い［軽い/慢性の/急性の］病気にかかっている
- He is suffering from 「a serious [a slight/a chronic/an acute] illness.
- 肝臓の病気
- ((have)) liver trouble [disease]
- 彼はローマで病気になった
- He fell [was taken] ill in Rome.
- あの子は病気にかかりやすい
- The boy gets ill easily.
- 彼は近ごろ病気がちだ
- He has been sick a lot recently.
- 兄［弟］の病気が移ったらしい
- He seems to have caught 「the disease [it] from his brother.
- わけのわからない病気にかかる
- suffer from a mysterious ailment
- 彼は病気を押して働きに出た
- He went to work in spite of 「his illness [being sick].
- 病気が早く治るといいですね
- I hope you will 「get well [get over your illness/recover (from your illness)] soon.
- お姉さんのご病気はいかがですか
- How is your sister feeling?
- 胃の病気がなかなか治らない
- His stomach trouble does not seem to be getting any better.
- II〔欠点，悪いくせ〕
- うそをつくのが彼の病気だ
- His failing [weakness] is that he tells lies.
- また例の病気が出た
- He is at it again.
- 病気欠席⇒びょうけつ（病欠）
- 友達の病気見舞いに行った
- I visited my sick friend.
