Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
びょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 2
goon kan’yōon

Etymology edit

Compound of (byō, illness, sickness, disease) +‎ (go, after).[1][2][3][4]

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived components. First attested in a text from 1712.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(びょう)() (byōgoびやうご (byaugo)?

  1. [from 1712] convalescence, the period of recovery after an illness
    Synonym: 病み上がり (yamiagari)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN