びょうしん

びょうしん
I
[秒針] second hand
【C】.
II
[病身] invalidism
【U】病弱, 病身.
▲I have two objections: first, she is too old, and, second, she is sick. 私には反対する理由が2つある. 第1に彼女が年をとりすぎていること, 第2は病身であることだ.
秒針
second hand (of clock)
病身
weak constitution
ill health
* * *
I
びょうしん【病身】
invalidism
〖U〗病弱, 病身.

▲I have two objections: first, she is too old, and, second, she is sick. 私には反対する理由が2つある. 第1に彼女が年をとりすぎていること, 第2は病身であることだ.

II
びょうしん【秒針】
second hand
〖C〗.
* * *
I
びょうしん【秒針】
《have》 a second hand.
II
びょうしん【病身】
a sickly [weak] constitution; ill [poor, delicate] health; infirmity; invalidism.
~の sickly; weak; weakly; invalid; infirm; shaky.

●病身の私が参加するわけにもいかない. I'm not strong enough to go. | My health is too poor [shaky] for me to attend.

●この子は病身です. This child is weak [has a sickly constitution]. | He [She] often gets sick [《文》 is susceptible to ill health].

・彼女は病身だ. Her health is poor [frail]. | She's in poor health.

・病身者は長生きする. People with weak constitutions have long lives [live into old age].


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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