Illustration: In a Japanese hospital room, a nurse in a plain clinical uniform kneels slightly beside an older patient’s chair, fitting a blood-pressure cuff around the patient’s upper arm. A nursing trolley holds neatly arranged supplies, and a call button hangs within reach of the bed.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

看かん護ご師し

kangoshi

nurse

Example sentences

メアリーは看護師かんごしです。
Mary is a nurse.
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どうして看護師かんごしになりたいの？
Why do you want to be a nurse?
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看護師かんごしは医師いしのサポートをしていた。
The nurse was assisting the doctor.
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Kanji in 看護師

看watch over; seeOnカンKunみる
護safeguard; protectOnゴKunまもる
師expert; teacherOnシKunいくさ

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