Translation guide
A chronic autoimmune disease causing joint inflammation. In Japanese, the standard medical term is 関節リウマチ, often abbreviated as リウマチ in everyday conversation.
Referring to the disease rheumatoid arthritis in a medical or formal context.
Talking about having rheumatoid arthritis in casual conversation.
A natural way to say 'I have rheumatoid arthritis' using ある for a chronic condition.
Rheumatoid arthritis (関節リウマチ) is an autoimmune disease, while osteoarthritis (変形性関節症) is a degenerative joint disease. They are different conditions and the terms are not interchangeable.
The full, formal medical term for rheumatoid arthritis. Used by doctors and in medical literature.
Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the autoimmune diseases.
Common abbreviation used in everyday conversation. Can be ambiguous as it may also refer to rheumatism in general, but context usually clarifies.
My mother says her fingers hurt from rheumatoid arthritis.
An older, more specific term meaning 'chronic rheumatoid arthritis'. Less common in modern usage but still understood.
Treatments for chronic rheumatoid arthritis are advancing.
I have rheumatoid arthritis, so I take medicine every day.
A slightly more formal way to say 'suffer from rheumatoid arthritis'. Often used in writing or polite speech.
He has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis for many years.