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救急 (kyuukyuu) Japanese meaning: first-aid | Kotomora

救きゅう急きゅう

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

first-aid; emergency medical care

Refers to urgent medical treatment or the system for providing it. Often used in compounds like 救急車 (ambulance) or 救急病院 (emergency hospital).

救きゅう急きゅう車しゃを呼よんでください。

Please call an ambulance.

彼かれは救きゅう急きゅう処しょ置ちの訓くん練れんを受うけている。

He has received first-aid training.

Usage patterns

救きゅう急きゅうを呼よぶto call emergency services (an ambulance)
彼かれが倒たおれたので、すぐに救きゅう急きゅうを呼よんだ。
He collapsed, so I immediately called emergency services.
救きゅう急きゅうで受じゅ診しんするto be seen at the emergency department
夜よ中なかに熱ねつが出でて、救きゅう急きゅうで受じゅ診しんした。
I had a fever in the middle of the night, so I was seen at the emergency department.
救きゅう急きゅうに駆かけ込こむto rush to the emergency room
腹ふく痛つうがひどく、救きゅう急きゅうに駆かけ込こんだ。
My stomach pain was so bad that I rushed to the emergency room.

Kanji

救salvation, save, help
急hurry, emergency, sudden

Related words

応おう急きゅうN1
応急 refers to temporary, makeshift measures taken until proper treatment is available, while 救急 refers to the actual emergency medical care and system itself.
急きゅう患かん
救急 refers to emergency medical services or first aid in general, while 急患 specifically means the emergency patient or case itself.

Don't confuse with

救きゅう命めい
救急 refers to emergency treatment or first aid in general, whereas 救命 specifically means the act of saving a life; the two are easily confused because they share the character 急/命 in compounds like 救命救急.
救きゅう急きゅう医い療りょう
救急 alone just means 'emergency/first-aid' and is used in many compounds (救急車 ambulance), while 救急医療 specifically names the medical field or care itself.
応おう急きゅうN1
救急 refers to emergency services or urgent medical response itself (e.g. 救急車, 救急病院), while 応急 refers to the provisional, stopgap action taken (e.g. 応急処置), so learners often mix up 応急処置 and 救急処置.

Word family· 20

救きゅう急きゅう車しゃN4
ambulance
救きゅう急きゅう所しょ
first-aid station; emergency medical post
救きゅう急きゅう法ほう
first-aid; first-aid methods
救きゅう急きゅう科

Written forms

救きゅう急きゅうUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news term.
きゅうきゅうUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 救 (rescue, save) and 急 (urgent, sudden). The word is a modern Sino-Japanese coinage for emergency medical aid.

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emergency department; emergency medicine

救きゅう急きゅう箱ばこ

first-aid kit

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救きゅう急きゅう薬やく
first-aid medicine
救きゅう急きゅう隊たい
ambulance crew; rescue squad
救きゅう急きゅう医い療りょう
emergency medicine; emergency medical care
救きゅう急きゅう外がい来らい
emergency outpatient care; emergency department; ER
救きゅう急きゅう患かん者じゃ
emergency patient; emergency case

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