びょうけつ
absence due to illness; sick leave
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
トムは病欠びょうけつの電話でんわを入いれた。
Tom called in sick.
ちゃんと病欠びょうけつの連絡れんらくはしたの?
Did you really call in sick?
喫煙者きつえんしゃの病欠びょうけつ日数にっすうは非喫煙者ひきつえんしゃの2倍にばいです。
Smokers take twice as many days off sick as non-smokers.