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Does 病 refer to a short or long term illness? I was in a chat and the word was
used in response to someone chatting about a head cold. I asked the person if
they were hospitalized, and they were not. Since the word yamai was used by
the other person, I thought that it was more serious, but no hospitalization
was required. i see the word yamai relates to illness and 病院 but I can't seem
to find a duration.
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Does 病 refer to a short or long term illness?
I guess your trouble amounts to the difference between 病気【びょうき】 and 病【やまい】.

In modern Japanese, _yamai_ is a grandiose word that usually refers to
serious, often life-threatening diseases. The duration is not important
because many serious yamai are acute (like acute brain strokes). On the other
hand, _byoki_ is a generic and casual term for sickness/illness/disease. If
you used _yamai_ to refer to a mere cold, it would surprise people.
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