Japanese Kotowaza: 病は気から

Japanese Kotowaza: 病は気から (yamai wa ki kara) – Review Notes

Today we learned another interesting Japanese ことわざ (kotowaza): 病は気から (yamai wa ki kara). Learn more about it below!

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ことわざ (kotowaza) – Japanese Proverbs:

★　Today, we will learn another interesting ことわざ (kotowaza) – Japanese proverb or saying.

★　病は気から (yamai wa ki kara) can translate to “sickness and health start with the mind” or “illness arises from the sickness of the spirit.”

★　It means that your physical health is influenced by your attitude or how you are thinking. Mental stress may cause physical illness.

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Additional Information:

★　病 (yamai) means “illness” in Japanese.

★　は (wa) is the topic marking particle in Japanese. (Learn More)

★　気 (ki) means “spirit”, “mind” or “feelings” in Japanese.

★　〜から (kara) means “from~”in Japanese.

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