Nursing care · Study guide

What you can learn

Nursing care — Learn about care work and the Japanese used in nursing care. This app offers 120 vocabulary words and 120 practice questions.

• Basics of nursing care
• How the mind and body work
• Speaking and listening
• Helping with daily life
• Japanese for nursing care

These are practice materials created for this app, not official test questions.

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Learning data updated: 2026-11-07

Ten words to get started

尊厳そんげん

Being valued and respected as a person

利用者の尊厳を守ります。

誤嚥ごえん

Food or water going into the windpipe by mistake

誤嚥を防ぐため、ゆっくり食べてもらいます。

傾聴けいちょう

Listening carefully and sincerely to another person

利用者の話を傾聴します。

移乗いじょう

Moving from a bed to a wheelchair or another seat

ベッドから車いすへ移乗します。

ふらつく

Being unsteady and unable to stand straight

立ち上がるとき、少しふらつきます。

自立支援じりつしえん

Helping a person keep doing what they can do for themselves

自立支援のため、できることは自分でしてもらいます。

褥瘡じょくそう

A skin wound caused by lying in the same position (a bedsore)

褥瘡を防ぐため、体の向きを変えます。

共感きょうかん

Understanding another person's feelings as if they were your own

不安な気持ちに共感します。

体位変換たいいへんかん

Changing the position of a person who is lying down

2時間ごとに体位変換をします。

むせる

Coughing when food or water goes into the throat

お茶を飲んで、むせました。

How to study

1. Check each word’s reading and meaning. Read the example sentence aloud.
2. Use the vocabulary cards and try recalling the meaning before revealing it.
3. Read the mini-quiz explanations and review words you got wrong.

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