病欠びょうけつ Noun Irregular Intransitive English jmdict 1 noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru intransitive verb absence due to illness;sick leave 喫煙者の病欠日数は非喫煙者の2倍です。 Smokers take twice as many days off sick as non-smokers.