1.
hospital room; sickroom; patient's room
A room in a hospital where patients stay during their admission. Also used more broadly for any room where a sick person rests.
病室は何号室ですか。
What room number is the patient's room?
病室に花を持っていった。
I brought flowers to the hospital room.
個室の病室は料金が高いが、ゆっくり休める。
A private hospital room is expensive, but you can rest peacefully.
A standard compound: 病 (illness) + 室 (room). Very common in hospital-related contexts.
ROOM TYPES:
- 個室: private room (single occupancy)
- 大部屋: shared ward (multiple beds)
- 二人部屋: double room
- 四人部屋: four-bed room
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 病室を訪ねる: to visit a hospital room
- 病室に入る: to enter the hospital room
- 病室で過ごす: to spend time in a hospital room
- 病室の窓: the hospital room window
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 病棟: hospital ward — the building or floor containing multiple rooms
- 診察室: examination room — where doctors see patients for consultations