病院(びょういん)

びょういん
noun
hospital
building
1. hospital
A medical facility for treating patients.
病院(びょういん)に行(い)きます。
I'm going to the hospital.
病院(びょういん)はどこですか？
Where is the hospital?
病院(びょういん)で働(はたら)いています。
I work at a hospital.
母(はは)は病院(びょういん)に入院(にゅういん)しています。毎日(まいにち)お見舞(みま)いに行(い)きます。
My mother is hospitalized. I visit her every day.
この病院(びょういん)は大(おお)きくて、先生(せんせい)も看護師(かんごし)も親切(しんせつ)です。待(ま)ち時間(じかん)が長(なが)いですが、良(よ)い病院(びょういん)です。
This hospital is large, and both the doctors and nurses are kind. The wait time is long, but it's a good hospital.

病院(びょういん) refers to a hospital or medical facility.

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  • 病院(びょういん)に行(い)く often just means going to see a doctor, even at a small clinic, and does not suggest anything serious, unlike English "go to the hospital."

Related Words

Related: 医者(いしゃ) (doctor)
Related: 病気(びょうき) (illness)
Related: 薬(くすり) (medicine)
Compare: 診療所(しんりょうじょ) (clinic (fewer than 20 beds))
Related: 医師(いし) (doctor)
Related: 看護師(かんごし) (nurse)
Related: 患者(かんじゃ) (patient)
Related: 退院(たいいん)する (leaving hospital)
Related: 病人(びょうにん) (sick person)
Compare: 治療院(ちりょういん) (clinic)
Compare: 病棟(びょうとう) (hospital ward)
Compare: 医療(いりょう)機関(きかん) (medical institution)
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