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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)



nurse

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. こころにいだく。



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)


Dictionary entries from Wiktionary

Pronunciation


(kangoshi)

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