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If your Japanese is limited, the following words and phrases will help your pre-natal
visits and your hospital stay more manageable. The lists have been compiled from the
books Japan for Kids and Japan Health Handbook

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[ General Vocabulary | Pregnancy | Labor | Delivery | Postpartum |

The Baby | Breastfeeding | General Hospital Phrases | Telephone phrases ]

Foreign Mothers' Group in

Yagoto

Yagoto meeting place

General Vocabulary

anemia :

hinketsu

backache :

senaka ga itai

bleeding :

shukketsu

delivery :

osan, bunben

indigestion :

shoka furyo

infection :

kansen

admission :

nyu-in

midwife clinic :

josan-in

midwife :

josanpu

nurse :

kangofu-san, naasu

obstetrics and gynecology :

sanfujinka

swelling :

hare

toxemia :

ninshin chudokusho

uterus :

shikyu

vagina :

chitsu

vaginal discharge :

orimono, taige

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Glossary of Pregnancy

A list of some helpful terms.

Birth plans

Explanations of the use of a

birth plan, followed by a few
examples.
Useful Japanese

Language to help your hospital

visits and stay more
manageable.
Clinics

Clinics, midwives and

pediatricians in and around
Nagoya
Travel

Traveling while pregnant

and/or with baby: Domestic
and international flight
regulations for women who are
pregnant and/or traveling with
baby.
Links

Pregnancy

due date :

bunben yoteibi

last menstrual period :

saishu gekkei

morning sickness :

tsuwari

pregnant :

ninshin shiteiru

pregnant woman :

ninpu

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Labor

breech position :

sakago

bloody show :

shirushi

labor pain :

jintsu

rupture of membrane :

hasui

cesarean section :

teio sekkai

fetal monitor :

taiji kanshi sochi

pain or discomfort :

itami, itai desu

shaving :

teimo

enema :

kanchoo

injection :

chusha

general anesthetic :

zenshin masui

epidural :

komakugai masui

A host of recommended
pregnancy,breastfeeding, and
parenting sites.
Pregnancy and Birth in
Nagoya

This is a link to an external site

run by the City of Nagoya (in
English).
Contact:
If you have some questions,
please feel free to call or send
an email to
Misako Iwamoto (midwife):
Email , phone/fax (052) 8470243, 090-1834-2701 or

Lorna Ohigashi:
Email , phone (052) 331
9019, 090-2344-8978

spinal anesthetic :

sekizui masui

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Delivery

delivery room :

bunben shitsu

delivery table :

bunben dai

episiotomy :

ein sekkai

father attending birth :

otto tachiai bunben

pillow :

makura

placenta :

taiban

umbilical cord :

heso no o

vaginal delivery :

futsuu bunben

I want to push :

Ikimitai

Push now :

Ima ikinde.

Don't push :

Ikimanaide.

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Telephone Phrases

Hello, this is xxxx :

moshi moshi, xxxx desu

The labor begins :

Jintsu ga hajimarimashita

It comes every 10 minutes and lasts 50

seconds :

Ju (10) pun oki de, goju (50) byo

tsuzukimasu

The water flows :

hasui shimashita

How long does it take to come to a clinic :

byoin made nanpun kakarimasu-ka?

20 minutes by taxi :

takusi de niju (20) pun desu

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Postpartum

bowel movement :

haiben

catheter :

kateteru

constipation :

bempi

diarrhea :

geri

lochia, normal bleeding after delivery :

oro

heavy bleeding or hemorrhage :

shukketsu

laxative :

kangezai, bempi yaku

perineum :

ein

rooming-in :

boshi doshitsu

sanitary pads :

napukin

stool :

ben

urine :

nyo, shoben

I want to go to the toilet :

Toire ni ikitai

Please may I get up? :

Okitemo ii desu-ka?

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The Baby

baby :

akachan

birth certificate :

shussei shoomeisho

jaundice :

odan

meconium :

taiben

nursery :

shinseiji shitsu

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Breastfeeding

breast :

oppai, o-chichi

breast :

oppai, o-chichi

breastfeeding room :

junyu shitstu

breast massage :

oppai no massaji

breast milk :

bonyu

breast pump :

sakunyuki

colostrum :

shonyu

formula :

miruku

glucose water :

budoto eki, tosui

nipples :

chikubi

I want to breastfeed :

Oppai o agetai desu.

My breasts are full :

Oppai ga hatte imasu.

My nipples are sore :

Chikubi ga itai desu.

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General Hospital Phrases

What are you doing? :

Nani o shitemasuka?

Who are you? :

Donata desu-ka?

Please call the doctor/nurse. :

Oisha-san/kangofu-san o yonde kudasai.

May I see my baby? :

Akachan ni attemo ii desu-ka?

May I hold my baby? :

Akachan o daitemo ii desu-ka?

Please bring my baby :

Akachan o tsurete kite kudasai.

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