Translation guide
The area next to a bed, or the act of being at someone's bedside, often in a caregiving context.
ベッドサイドテーブル
bedside table
枕元に
at the bedside
Referring to the space or furniture beside a bed.
General phrase meaning 'near the bed'. Natural for describing location.
ベッドのそばに本を置いた。
I put a book by the bedside.
Literally 'pillow side', refers to the area right next to the pillow, often used for items kept close while sleeping.
枕元にスマホを置いて寝る。
I sleep with my smartphone at my bedside.
Loanword from English, used for 'bedside' as in furniture or location, e.g., bedside table.
ベッドサイドテーブルに時計を置く。
I put a clock on the bedside table.
Describing the act of staying near a bed to care for or be with someone, often in a medical or emotional context.
Literally 'to be at the pillow side', implies staying close to someone in bed, often for care or comfort.
彼女は病気の母親の枕元にいた。
She was at her sick mother's bedside.
Verb meaning 'to attend' or 'to stay by someone's side', commonly used for bedside care.
一晩中、病人に付き添った。
I stayed at the patient's bedside all night.
Formal/literary phrase meaning 'to be at the sickbed'. Used in written or solemn contexts.
家族が病床に集まった。
The family gathered at the bedside.
Referring to a doctor's or nurse's demeanor when interacting with a patient at the bedside.
General phrase meaning 'way of interacting with patients', used to describe bedside manner.
あの医者は患者への接し方が上手だ。
That doctor has a good bedside manner.
Loanword directly from English 'bedside manner', understood in medical contexts.
ベッドサイドマナーが悪い医者もいる。
Some doctors have poor bedside manner.
Directly translating 'bedside' as ベッドの横 (yoko) is not wrong but sounds less natural than 枕元 or ベッドのそば in most contexts.