Translation guide
A sty is a pigpen or an inflamed swelling on the eyelid. This guide covers both meanings.
The learner wants to refer to a place where pigs are kept.
Standard word for a pigpen or pigsty, especially in agricultural contexts.
豚舎の掃除は大変だ。
Cleaning the pigsty is hard work.
Literally 'pig hut', a more casual or traditional term for a pigsty.
The learner wants to refer to the medical condition of a sty on the eyelid.
There used to be a pigsty in the backyard.
Common everyday term for a sty (hordeolum). Literally means 'receiving something', from the folk belief that you get it from receiving something from someone.
目にものもらいができた。
I got a sty on my eye.
Medical term for a sty. Used by doctors or in formal medical contexts.
麦粒腫の治療には抗生物質が使われる。
Antibiotics are used to treat a sty.