Translation guide
The emergency room (ER) is the hospital department for urgent, life-threatening conditions. In Japanese, the most common term is 救急外来, but the concept is often expressed through phrases like 救急病院 or 救急センター depending on context.
The physical place in a hospital where emergency patients are treated.
The standard term for an emergency room or outpatient emergency department in a hospital.
救急外来は24時間対応しています。
The emergency room is open 24 hours.
He was taken to the emergency room.
Refers to an advanced emergency and critical care center, often at larger hospitals. Equivalent to a Level 1 trauma center.
この病院には救命救急センターがあります。
This hospital has an emergency and critical care center.
The English abbreviation 'ER' is sometimes used in Japanese, especially in TV dramas or casual conversation, but it's not the standard term.
ERに連れて行って！
Take me to the ER!
A hospital or clinic that provides emergency care, not necessarily a specific room.
A hospital that accepts emergency patients. Often used when asking where the nearest emergency hospital is.
近くの救急病院を教えてください。
Please tell me the nearest emergency hospital.
An emergency medical center, often a designated facility for urgent care.
休日は救急センターが混みます。
The emergency center gets crowded on holidays.
The act of visiting an emergency room or receiving emergency treatment.
To visit the emergency room as a patient. A formal but common phrase.
夜中に腹痛で救急外来を受診した。
I went to the ER at night with a stomachache.
To see a doctor on an emergency basis. More casual than 受診する.
熱が下がらなくて、救急でかかりました。
My fever wouldn't go down, so I went to the ER.
The literal translation 緊急室 (きんきゅうしつ) is not used in Japanese. Always use 救急外来 or related terms.
緊急室はどこですか？
Where is the emergency room? (unnatural)
In Japan, you call 119 for an ambulance. The phrase is 救急車を呼んでください (きゅうきゅうしゃをよんでください). The ambulance will take you to the nearest appropriate emergency facility.