Body and health

What holds these lists together

Japanese describes pain with sound words where English reaches for adjectives, and a doctor will ask which one it is: ずきずき is a throbbing pain, きりきり a sharp, stabbing one, ひりひり the sting of a burn or a graze. Choosing the right one often tells the doctor more than saying how bad it is. Illness also takes verbs English would not choose: a fever comes out, 熱(ねつ)が出(で)る, and a cold is pulled in, 風邪(かぜ)を引(ひ)く. The language on the form is mostly kanji compounds, and the lists climb from the parts of the body to diagnosis and treatment, so that the compounds arrive after the everyday words they are built from.

For example: 体(からだ) (body; health), 熱(ねつ) (fever; temperature), 健康(けんこう) (health; healthy), 医療(いりょう) (medical care; healthcare), しゃがむ (to squat; to crouch), 擦(す)り傷(きず) (graze; scrape)

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.