長患い

ながわずらい

Also written 長煩い

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive long illness; protracted illness

Kanji

• 長 long. Read as ながい.
• 患 ail. Read as わずらう.

Example sentences

• 彼女が死人のように顔色が悪いのは長患いのせいだ。
  Her deathly paleness is due to long illness.

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