患かん者じゃ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

patient; medical case

General term for a person receiving medical treatment or under medical care. Neutral and widely used in medical and everyday contexts.

〈人ひと〉を患かん者じゃとして扱あつかうto treat someone as a patient
病びょう院いんではすべての人ひとを患かん者じゃとして平びょう等どうに扱あつかう。
At the hospital, everyone is treated equally as a patient.
患かん者じゃを診みるto examine a patient
医い師しは毎まい日にち多おおくの患かん者じゃを診みている。
The doctor examines many patients every day.
患かん者じゃを治ち療りょうするto treat a patient
この薬くすりで患かん者じゃを治ち療りょうします。
We treat the patient with this medicine.
患かん者じゃが入にゅう院いんするfor a patient to be admitted to hospital
重じゅう症しょうの患かん者じゃが入にゅう院いんした。
A seriously ill patient was admitted to the hospital.
患かん者じゃの容よう体だいthe patient's condition
患かん者じゃの容よう体だいは安あん定ていしている。
The patient's condition is stable.

病びょう人にんN1
病人 is a broad term for someone who is sick, while 患者 specifically means a person receiving medical treatment as a patient.
入にゅう院いん患かん者じゃN3
患者 is the general word for 'patient' of any kind, whereas 入院患者 specifically means a patient who has been admitted and is staying in the hospital.
急きゅう患かん
患者 is a general term for any patient, whereas 急患 emphasizes the urgency of the medical situation.

医い者しゃN5
医者 is the one who treats illness, while 患者 is the patient who receives treatment.

患かん部ぶN1
患者 refers to the sick person themselves, while 患部 refers to the affected body part or area being treated.
医い者しゃN5
患者 is the person being treated, whereas 医者 is the doctor who provides the treatment; learners often mix up the two 者-words.
症しょう例れい
患者 refers to the patient as a person, whereas 症例 refers to the clinical case or instance of illness itself.

名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).
人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).

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Compound of 患 (kan, 'affliction, illness') and 者 (ja, 'person'). The kanji combination directly conveys 'a person with an illness', i.e., a patient.