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精神病者 (せいしんびょうしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
mentally ill person ; person with a mental disorder
A clinical or formal term for a person suffering from a mental illness. In everyday conversation, softer expressions like 心の病気の人 or 精神疾患のある人 are often preferred.
かれ
は
精せい
神しん
病びょう
者しゃ
と
し
て
入にゅう
院いん
し
て
い
た
が
、
今いま
は
回かい
復ふく
し
て
働はたら
い
て
いる
。
He was hospitalized as a mentally ill person, but has now recovered and is working.
Similar words 精せい 神しん 障しょう 害がい 者しゃ 精神障害者 is a broader term for a person with a mental disability or disorder, often used in legal and welfare contexts, while 精神病者 specifically refers to someone with a mental illness (psychosis).
心こころ の 病びょう 気き 心の病気 is a softer, more everyday expression for mental illness, whereas 精神病者 is a formal noun for the person affected.
Etymology Compound of 精神 (seishin, 'mind, mental') + 病 (byō, 'illness') + 者 (sha, 'person'). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese construction.
