病魔

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 病魔, read びょうま, is a literary personification of disease as a demon or malign force.
• Basic usage: It gives dramatic form to an illness tormenting a fictional character or casting a dark shadow over a family.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A literary personification of illness
  • This personifies illness as something tormenting a protagonist or as a dark shadow in a work. It is not the clinical name of a specific disease.