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入院
Meaning in Englishhospitalization, hospital admission
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What it means
入院 means being admitted to a hospital for medical care, or the period during which one stays there for treatment.
Main meanings
- Hospital admission as a formal process of entering a medical facility
- The on-going state or period of being in hospital, represented by 常用の表現 in Japanese
- Related terms such as 入院する and 入院費 that describe actions and costs associated with hospitalization
How to use it
Used in medical contexts to indicate admission to a hospital, in patient records, and in everyday speech as 入院する; common collocations include related forms and costs associated with hospital care.
Variants and close terms
- 入院中 nyūin-chū — currently hospitalized
- 入院する nyūin-suru — to be hospitalized
- 入院費 nyūin-hi — hospitalization costs
- 退院 taiin — discharge from hospital
Composition
- 入: enter, to go inside
- 院: institution, hospital, clinic
- Combination: enter + institution yields the concept of entering an institution to receive care
Etymology
nyū from 入 on-reading; in from 院 on-reading; combined to form nyūin, a Sino-Japanese compound.
Origin
Meiji era onward; modernization of healthcare introduced formal hospital care and the term 入院 entered Japanese medical language as hospitals expanded.
Word class
noun (suru-verb)
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入学
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school entrance, enrollment, admission
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押し入れ
oshiire
closet, built-in storage
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輸入
yunyuu
import
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退院
taiin
leaving hospital, hospital discharge
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退院する
taiin suru
leave hospital, be discharged
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病院
byouin
hospital
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入ります
hairimasu
enter, go in
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入口
iriguchi
entrance
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入れる
ireru
put in, insert
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