看かん護ご師し

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ん

ご

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Common wordJLPTN4

Meanings

1

noun

nurse; registered nurse

Refers to a licensed nurse in a hospital or clinical setting. The term is neutral and widely used in everyday and professional contexts.

彼かの女じょは看かん護ご師しとして病びょう院いんで働はたらいている。
She works as a nurse at a hospital.
看かん

護ご

師し

に

なる

に

は

国こっ

家か

試し

験けん

に

合ごう

格かく

し

なけれ

ば

なら

ない

。

To become a nurse, you must pass the national exam.

Kanji

看watch over, see
護safeguard, protect
師expert, teacher, master

Similar words

看かん護ご婦ふ
An older, gender-specific term for a female nurse. 看護師 is the modern, gender-neutral term now preferred in official and everyday use.
准じゅん看かん護ご師し
A licensed practical nurse (LPN) or assistant nurse, requiring a different, less advanced qualification than a 看護師.

Etymology

Compound of 看護 (nursing, care) and 師 (master, specialist). The term was adopted as the official gender-neutral title for nurses in Japan in 2002, replacing the older gender-specific terms 看護婦 (female nurse) and 看護士 (male nurse).