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ナーシングホーム

Meanings

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noun

Loanword from English; used for facilities providing residential care for the elderly or chronically ill.

祖そ母ぼはナーシングホームで穏おだやかに暮くらしている。
My grandmother lives peacefully in a nursing home.

Written forms

ナーシング・ホーム
- ナーシングホーム
  Variant with interpunct; less common in running text.
- ナーシング・ホーム

Similar words

老ろう人じんホーム
A more general term for a retirement home or old people's home, while ナーシングホーム specifically implies nursing care.
介かい護ご施し設せつ
A broader term for care facilities, including nursing homes, but more formal and encompassing.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'nursing home'.