町まち医い者しゃ

noun

physician in private practice; local doctor

Refers to a doctor who runs their own clinic in a town or neighborhood, as opposed to working in a large hospital. Still in modern use.

• 風邪かぜをひいたので、近きん所じょの町まち医い者しゃに行いった。

  I caught a cold, so I went to a local doctor in the neighborhood.

noun

town doctor (historical); doctor serving commoners

Historical term for a doctor who treated townspeople, as opposed to serving the imperial court or a feudal lord. Not used in modern contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、町まち医い者しゃは庶しょ民みんの健けん康こうを支ささえた。

  In the Edo period, town doctors supported the health of the common people.