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麻酔 (ますい): anesthesia — Japanese vocabulary

麻酔 is read ますい and means "anesthesia". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

麻酔

Reading
ますい · masui
Translation
anesthesia
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ますいが

Example

けが人は麻酔から覚めた後痛みで泣きわめいた。

けがにんはますいからさめたあといたみでなきわめいた。

The injured person wailed with pain after recovering from the anaesthesia.

Kanji in this word

  • 麻 — Hemp, Flax, Numb
  • 酔 — drunk

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