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看護 (かんご, kango) Japanese meaning: nursing | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 看護する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 看かん 護ご する 看かん 護ご しない Polite 看かん 護ご します 看かん 護ご しません Past polite 看かん 護ご しました 看かん 護ご しませんでした Past 看かん 護ご した 看かん 護ご しなかった Te-form 看かん 護ご して 看かん 護ご しないで Desire 看かん 護ご したい 看かん 護ご したくない Potential 看かん 護ご できる 看かん 護ご できない Passive 看かん 護ご される 看かん 護ご されない Causative 看かん 護ご させる 看かん 護ご させない Causative passive 看かん 護ご させられる 看かん 護ご させられない Volitional 看かん 護ご しよう Polite volitional 看かん 護ご しましょう Imperative 看かん 護ご しろ 看かん 護ご するな Conditional 看かん 護ご すれば 看かん 護ご しなければ Tara conditional 看かん 護ご したら 看かん 護ご しなかったら
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看かん
護ご
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働はたら
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いる
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She works as a nurse at a hospital.
My mother is nursing my grandfather at home.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 看かん 護ご する to nurse/care for someone
My mother nursed my sick father.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 看かん 護ご にあたる to be in charge of nursing someone
The nurse took charge of caring for the patient.
看かん 護ご を 受う ける to receive nursing care
He was hospitalized for a while and received nursing care.
Related words· 6 介護 refers to long-term care and assistance for the elderly or disabled, while 看護 refers to medical nursing care for patients.
看病 is informal, personal care for a sick family member, while 看護 implies professional or systematic nursing.
看護 refers specifically to medical nursing performed by trained nurses, whereas 養護 is broader protective care that need not be medical.
看護する specifically means to provide medical nursing care, while 看る is less technical and can describe any kind of attentive caregiving.
Show 2 more 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.
看護する specifically means to nurse a patient in a medical setting, while 見る in its caretaking sense is broader and can apply to children, pets, or anyone needing attention.
Etymology Compound of 看 (to watch over, care for) and 護 (to protect, safeguard). The combination conveys the idea of protective care, which became the standard term for nursing in modern Japanese.
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Show 5 more male nurse
nursing science; study of nursing
nursing art; nursing methods
chief nurse (military)
assistant nurse; practical nurse
