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ケア (kea) Japanese meaning: care | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation ケアする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary ケアする ケアしない Polite ケアします ケアしません Past polite ケアしました ケアしませんでした Past ケアした ケアしなかった Te-form ケアして ケアしないで Desire ケアしたい ケアしたくない Potential ケアできる ケアできない Passive ケアされる ケアされない Causative ケアさせる ケアさせない Causative passive ケアさせられる ケアさせられない Volitional ケアしよう Polite volitional ケアしましょう Imperative ケアしろ ケアするな Conditional ケアすれば ケアしなければ Tara conditional ケアしたら ケアしなかったら
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れい
者しゃ
へ
の
ケア
が
重じゅう
要よう
だ
。
Care for the elderly is important.
Nurses care for patients.
Moisturizing is essential for skin care.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 のケアをする to take care of someone
The nurse is taking care of the hospitalized patients.
〈 物もの 〉 のケアをする to take care of/maintain something
I make sure to take care of my skin every day.
ケアが 必ひつ 要よう だ to need care/attention
Continued care is needed even after leaving the hospital.
ケアを 受う ける to receive care
The elderly receive specialized care at the facility.
Expressions 心こころ のケア emotional care; emotional support; mental well-being care Related words 世話 is the native Japanese word for looking after someone, often in daily or personal contexts, while ケア is a loanword that sounds more professional or systematic.
介護 specifically means nursing or caregiving for the elderly or disabled and is more formal/institutional than the broader term ケア.
看護 refers specifically to medical nursing care given by nurses, whereas ケア covers a wider range of attentive care beyond just medical settings.
Etymology Loanword from English 'care', adopted into Japanese with the same broad meaning of looking after someone or something.
terminal care; end-of-life care
Show 10 more oral care
home-based care; at-home nursing care
developmental care
palliative care
nursing care center; residential care facility
care plan
care work
skin care
self-care
double care; simultaneous care for child and elderly parent
