介護

かいご

nursing

What does 介護 mean?

介護 is a Japanese noun meaning nursing in English. It is written as 介護 in kanji, かいご in hiragana, and kaigo in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

その老婦人は回復しつつあり、病院から派遣された看護婦によって充分な介護を受けている。

The old woman is getting better and is being taken good care of by a nurse from the hospital.