How to Say ‘She has a slight fever.’ in Japanese
少し熱があります。
sukoshi netsu ga ari masu
[soo-koh-shee nets gah ah-ree mahss]
💬 Usage Tip: For symptoms, Japanese often says "[symptom] exists" rather than using "have" directly: [熱があります] = "has a fever." Add [少し] before it to soften it to "a slight fever" or "a bit of a fever."
Phrase Breakdown
少し
sukoshi
[soo-koh-shee]
a little; slightly
Softens the symptom report; sounds more natural than stating it strongly.
少し熱があります。
She has a slight fever.
熱
netsu
[nets]
fever; temperature
In this sentence it means “fever.”
少し熱があります。
She has a slight fever.
があります
ga ari masu
there is / I have (non-living, conditions) (polite)
Polite form of ある. Used for things and states/conditions (like fever): “(fever) exists/there is.”
質問があります。
I have a question.
Words in this phrase
が
ga
[gah]
(subject marker)
Marks 熱 as the thing that exists/is present.
少し熱があります。
She has a slight fever.
あり
ari
[ah-ree]
exist; have (stem of ある)
With symptoms, あります means “have.”
少し熱があります。
She has a slight fever.
ます
masu
[mahss]
(polite verb ending)
Polite ending used in phone calls to school.
少し熱があります。
She has a slight fever.
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