Emoni
先輩
- 20 Sep 2003
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I was talking with one of the short term exchange students last week. His Japanese is extremely low, and had a problem with jock itch. He had asked me what it was in Japanese, and while my Japanese isn't THAT low, I figured I had a chance to find it in a dictionary. No luck, I kept finding things that didn't work or made no sense. Not sure if he asked a Japanese person yet directly or just will have some spray from the Australia.
That got me to thinking, JRef could REALLY use a basic medical reference section. I did a quick search, and unless I'm missing it, there isn't one that exists.
Basic terms or phrases from a typical phrase book or something I'm sure would be very helpful to people. Sometimes there are different ways of treating things, for example the kanpo cold medicine. Sure there is always the option of trying to find a Japanese person or asking at a drug store, but sometimes it can be an embarrassing issue to the person like above, or for women, going to the store and asking about PMS relief pills or hygiene products is something that can prevent them from even considering trying.
Anyway, I'm probably not the person to put something like this together since I couldn't even figure out "jock itch" and wouldn't want to make a mistake on more serious issues. However, if someone is knowledgeable about medical terms in Japanese, this sort of directory could be very helpful to people I think.
That got me to thinking, JRef could REALLY use a basic medical reference section. I did a quick search, and unless I'm missing it, there isn't one that exists.
Basic terms or phrases from a typical phrase book or something I'm sure would be very helpful to people. Sometimes there are different ways of treating things, for example the kanpo cold medicine. Sure there is always the option of trying to find a Japanese person or asking at a drug store, but sometimes it can be an embarrassing issue to the person like above, or for women, going to the store and asking about PMS relief pills or hygiene products is something that can prevent them from even considering trying.
Anyway, I'm probably not the person to put something like this together since I couldn't even figure out "jock itch" and wouldn't want to make a mistake on more serious issues. However, if someone is knowledgeable about medical terms in Japanese, this sort of directory could be very helpful to people I think.
