病後

病後

Japanese

Kanji in this term
病	後
びょう Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
goon	kan’yōon

Etymology

Compound of 病 (byō, “illness, sickness, disease”) +‎ 後 (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

• (Tokyo) びょーご [byòógó] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
• (Tokyo) びょ​ーご [byóꜜògò] (Atamadaka – [1])[5]
• IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

病(びょう)後(ご) • (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

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN