Illustration: In a Japanese hospital operating room, a masked surgeon works carefully at a small opening in the sterile drape covering a patient. The operative site is hidden by the surgeon’s hands, while a scrub nurse places a surgical instrument into the waiting palm of an assistant.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

手しゅ術じゅつ

shujutsu

surgery, operation

Example sentences

  1. 手術しゅじゅつをしなければなりません。

    You have to have an operation.

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  2. 手術しゅじゅつは待まてない。

    The operation cannot wait.

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  3. 手術しゅじゅつが必要ひつようですか。

    Do I need an operation?

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Kanji in 手術

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
  • 術art; techniqueOnジュツKunすべ

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