Meaning

Primary

Emergency Patient

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Someone who is so afflicted that you have to hurry and help is an emergency patient.

Reading

きゅうかん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Context Sentences

人員不足でごった返しになっていた病院が急患の受け入れを断ったせいで、男性が死亡したそうなんだけど、でもそれって病院だけのせいじゃないよね。

The understaffed and overcrowded hospital refused to treat the emergency patient and he died, but it’s not all the hospital’s fault.

Kanji Composition