Unlike doctors, they cannot save patients’ lives. Unlike nurses, they cannot assist doctors. What they can do is stand by the patients and heal their hearts, oftentimes unnoticed. They are the nurse aides—the powers behind the scenes and unsung heroes of the medical sites. Their job does not require a license, their tasks are menial, and their medical knowledge may be limited. But if doctors are professionals at curing their patients’ bodies, nurse aides are professionals at standing by the patients and healing their hearts. Work, romance, family—the sky is the limit for the problems that the patients face, but protagonist Mio Sakurabe is at hand solve them! The thing is, her true identity remains a secret. Follow the unpredictable twists and turns in this funny and touching drama series about hospital life.
Japanese study overview
Tonari no Nurse Aide is a Japanese drama of 102,998 characters, with 4,701 unique words and 1,302 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,701 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 私I×448
- 言うto say×309
- 先生teacher×259
- 手術surgery×231
- 俺I×221
- 大河large river×192
- お前you×154
- 思うto think×151
- 患者patient×126
- 何でwhy?×124
- 火神Kagami×117
- 人person×103
- 澪waterway×89
- 桜庭Ouniwa×82
- 小夜子Sayako×77
- 晴美Akemi×65
- 照Aki×64
- 辰巳southeast×54
- 嶺peak×48
- 希dilute×31