Word Meaning 療養

りょうよう ryouyou

療養 is read as りょうよう (ryouyou) and means recuperation.

Meaning

English

recuperation
medical treatment

Reading

Kana

りょうよう

Romaji

ryouyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 4180 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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療養所

りょうようじょ

sanatorium

療養地

りょうようち

health resort

療養費

りょうようひ

medical expenses

療養病床

りょうようびょうしょう

long term care bed

療養温泉

りょうようおんせん

therapeutic hot spring

療養者

りょうようしゃ

recuperating patient

自主療養

じしゅりょうよう

caring for oneself (at home; e.g. after testing positive for COVID-19)

自宅療養

じたくりょうよう

recuperation at home

転地療養

てんちりょうよう

seeking to improve one's health with a change of climate

高額療養費制度

こうがくりょうようひせいど

reimbursement system for high-cost medical care

ハンセン病療養所

はんせんびょうりょうようじょ

leper colony

自宅療養者

じたくりょうようしゃ

person managing their symptoms (e.g. of a mild case of COVID-19) at home

Example Sentences

彼は目下療養中だ。

He's under treatment.

療養に専念すべきです。

You have to concentrate on your recovery.

療養病床が減ればそれができず、一般病床の医療にも支障をきたします。

If long-term beds are reduced, then it won't be possible to do that and normal sickbeds will also be adversely affected.