Telling pharmacist stomach hurts (Advanced): Asking for recommendations

💬 [いたい] means "painful," so Japanese often says the body part + hurts: [あたまがいたい] for "my head hurts," [のどがいたい] for "my throat hurts."

💬 This pattern is very reusable: body part + [が] + [いたい] = "that part hurts." For example, [あたまがいたい] "my head hurts" or [のどがいたい] "my throat hurts."

💬 [です] makes the sentence polite, but it does not change the basic meaning. Compare plain [おなかがいたい] with more polite [おなかがいたいです].

💬 Japanese often leaves out "my" when it's obvious, so [おなかがいたいです] naturally means "my stomach hurts." The pattern body part + [が] + [いたいです] works for other symptoms too, like [あたまがいたいです].

💬 The [う] in [だいじょうぶ] makes a long sound: say [じょう] as one stretched beat, not two separate vowels.

💬 [から] means "from," so [いつから] is literally "from when?" You'll also see it with times: [9時から] "from 9 o'clock," [きのうから] "since yesterday."