JLPT N5 · Noun

病院 (byouin)

病院 (びょういん, byouin) is a Japanese noun meaning “hospital; clinic”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: びょういん
Romaji: byouin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary · noun

Example sentences

この近くに病院はありますか。

Is there a hospital near here?

Tatoeba #222301

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 病院

病

ill, sickビョウ・ヘイ・や.む・-や.み · 10 strokes

院

Inst., institution, templeイン · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 病院.

病気びょうきillness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold)看病かんびょうnursing (a patient)病びょうdisease臆病おくびょうcowardly病むやむto fall ill発病はつびょうonset of an illness退院たいいんleaving hospital入院にゅういんhospitalization医院いいんdoctor's office寺院じいんBuddhist temple大学院だいがくいんgraduate school参議院さんぎいんHouse of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)衆議院しゅうぎいんHouse of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)

Source: JMdict entry 1490220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.