The Japanese word for nurse is
看護師
かんごし - kangoshi看-watch over (kan), 看護-to nurse, care for (kango), 師-specialist (shi)
Japanese Definition
| nurse | |
| 1. 名詞. 看護師、看護人、その呼称。 | |
| 2. 名詞. 乳母(wetnurse)、子守/保母(drynurse)。 | |
| 3. 動詞. 看護する、介抱する。 | |
| 4. 動詞. かばう。 | |
| 5. 動詞. 授乳する。 | |
| 6. 動詞. 大事にそだてる。 | |
| 7. 動詞. 大切にだく。 | |
| 8. 動詞. 心にいだく。 |
Translations for nurse and their definitions
| 看護師 | |
| 1. n. nurse |
| 看護士 | |
| 1. n. (medicine) male nurse |
| 看護婦 | |
| 1. n. (medicine) female nurse | |
| 2. n. Usage: This term was used in (lj, 保(ほ)健(けん)婦(ふ)助(じょ)産(さん)婦(ふ)看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ)法(ほう)) (Hoken-fu Josan-fu Kango-fu Hō, lit. Act on Female Public Health Nurses, Female Midwives and Female Nurses) enac | |
| 3. n. Usage: In 1968 |
| ナース | |
| 1. n. (medicine) nurse (a female trained to provide care for the sick) |
| 保母 | |
| 1. n. (education) (female) nurse (a woman who takes care of other peoples’ young) |
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Pronunciation
(kangoshi)
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