Frequency rank: 43,061. – 43,772.
- proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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Generated definitions (experimental)
- proneness to being ill
- being sick a lot
- proneness to disease
This expression is used to describe someone who frequently falls ill or has a tendency to become sick often.
He has been prone to illness since he was a child.
This meaning focuses on the frequency of falling ill, indicating that the person often suffers from various ailments.
Everyone says he is sick a lot because he often takes time off work.
This meaning emphasizes a vulnerability to diseases, suggesting that the person might have a weaker immune system or predisposing factors to health problems.
He is prone to diseases because he has allergies.
It is said that she is prone to disease for genetic reasons.
Generated collocations (experimental)
びょうきがち病気がちproneness to being illびょうきがち病気がちなこども子供sickly childびょうきがち病気がちのたいしつ体質constitution prone to illnessびょうきがち病気がちのともだち友達a friend who is often sickびょうきがち病気がちでくろう苦労するstruggle with being sicklyびょうきがち病気がちのはは母a mother who is often illびょうきがち病気がちのとし年a year marked by frequent illnessびょうきがち病気がちのためちこく遅刻するbe late due to being frequently illしごと仕事をやすむ休むことがおおい多いびょうきがち病気がちoften take time off work due to being sicklyびょうきがち病気がちのせいかつ生活life marked by frequent illnesses
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