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診療所 (shinryoujo) Japanese meaning: clinic | Kotomora
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あたら
しい
診しん
療りょう
所じょ
が
でき
た
。
A new clinic opened near the station.
He runs a small medical office in town.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 診しん 療りょう 所じょ を 開ひら く to open a clinic in a place
He opened a clinic in a rural village.
診しん 療りょう 所じょ で 診しん 察さつ を 受う ける to be examined at a clinic
診しん 療りょう 所じょ に 通かよ う to regularly visit a clinic
My grandmother visits that clinic every week.
Kanji 診 checkup, seeing, diagnose Related words 病院 refers to a hospital with inpatient facilities, while 診療所 is a smaller clinic typically for outpatient care.
医院 usually denotes a private doctor's practice run by a single physician, whereas 診療所 is a more general term for any small clinic.
クリニック is a loanword for a modern, often specialized clinic, while 診療所 is the more traditional Japanese term for the same kind of facility.
Etymology Compound of 診療 (shinryō, 'medical examination and treatment') + 所 (sho/jo, 'place'). The reading しんりょうじょ is the standard modern pronunciation; しんりょうしょ is an older or less common variant.
I had a cold, so I got examined at a nearby clinic.
