If you get ill in a foreign land it is a terrible experience. But you are not fluent in the language it is even worse. In Japan, if you go to a doctor it could be that English is not widely spoken and having a few simple words will be of immense advantage.
If you want to go to the medical centre, you would say 'Byoin e ikitai desu'. Words to be familiar with here are 'Hospital' is 'Byoin', doctor is 'Sensei' or 'Oisha-san' and nurse is 'Kangofu'.
The first thing the nurse of doctor will ask is 'Do Shimashita ka?'. This phrase means 'What is wrong' or 'What is the matter with you'. You could be in pain and the Japanese word for pain or painful is 'Itai'. If you have a headache, you would say 'Atama ga itai desu', a stomach ache would be 'Onaka ga itai desu' or if it is a difficulty with your teeth you would say 'Ha ga itai desu'.
To explain symptoms you can make use of the following: 'Netsu ga arimasu' - meaning 'I have a fever', 'Tabetakunai desu' - I have no appetite or 'Kaze o hikimashita' - 'I caught a cold'. If you have more cold symptoms, the vocabulary to use is 'hanamizu ga demasu' - I have a runny nose, 'seki ga demasu' - I have a cough or 'nodo ga itai desu' - I have a sore throat.
Finally, you should be familiar with a few words for body parts, in case your pain is not covered by the phrases already explained. Here are the essential body part vocabulary to learn. "head" = atama , "eye(s)" = me, "nose" = hana,"mouth" = kuchi, "teeth" = ha, "throat" = nodo, "neck" = kubi, "shoulder(s)" = kata, "back" = senaka "stomach" = onaka, "chest" = mune, "leg" = ashi, "arms" = ude and "hand(s)" = te. - 30216
If you want to go to the medical centre, you would say 'Byoin e ikitai desu'. Words to be familiar with here are 'Hospital' is 'Byoin', doctor is 'Sensei' or 'Oisha-san' and nurse is 'Kangofu'.
The first thing the nurse of doctor will ask is 'Do Shimashita ka?'. This phrase means 'What is wrong' or 'What is the matter with you'. You could be in pain and the Japanese word for pain or painful is 'Itai'. If you have a headache, you would say 'Atama ga itai desu', a stomach ache would be 'Onaka ga itai desu' or if it is a difficulty with your teeth you would say 'Ha ga itai desu'.
To explain symptoms you can make use of the following: 'Netsu ga arimasu' - meaning 'I have a fever', 'Tabetakunai desu' - I have no appetite or 'Kaze o hikimashita' - 'I caught a cold'. If you have more cold symptoms, the vocabulary to use is 'hanamizu ga demasu' - I have a runny nose, 'seki ga demasu' - I have a cough or 'nodo ga itai desu' - I have a sore throat.
Finally, you should be familiar with a few words for body parts, in case your pain is not covered by the phrases already explained. Here are the essential body part vocabulary to learn. "head" = atama , "eye(s)" = me, "nose" = hana,"mouth" = kuchi, "teeth" = ha, "throat" = nodo, "neck" = kubi, "shoulder(s)" = kata, "back" = senaka "stomach" = onaka, "chest" = mune, "leg" = ashi, "arms" = ude and "hand(s)" = te. - 30216
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