Telling pharmacist stomach hurts (Advanced): Describing the pain
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Key Phrases
おなかがいたいです。
onaka ga i tai desu
My stomach hurts.
きのうのよるからです。
kinou no yoru kara desu
Since last night.
はきけはありますか。
hakike wa ari masu ka
Do you feel nauseous?
Skills You'll Learn
Ask and answer basic health questions (Are you okay? Since when? Where does it hurt?).
体調についての基本的なやりとり（だいじょうぶですか／いつからですか／どこがいたいですか）。
taichou ni tsui te no kihon teki na yaritori
Describe pain location and sensation (around the belly button; cramping/tight pain).
痛みの場所・感じを言う（おへそのあたり／きゅーっといたい）。
itami no basho kanji o iu
Explain symptom patterns and triggers (sometimes vs. continuously; worse after eating).
症状の続き方・きっかけを説明する（ときどき／ずっと／ごはんのあともっといたい）。
shoujou no tsuzuki kata kikkake o setsumei suru
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you’re at a clinic in Japan, telling the doctor that your stomach has been hurting since last night. The doctor asks where it hurts, whether it’s constant or comes and goes, and if you feel nauseous, then offers stomach medicine.
すみません。おなかがいたいです。
sumi mase n onaka ga i tai desu
Excuse me. My stomach hurts.
だいじょうぶですか。いつからですか。
daijoubu desu ka itsu kara desu ka
Are you okay? Since when?
きのうのよるからです。
kinou no yoru kara desu
Since last night.
どこがいたいですか。おへそのあたりですか。
doko ga i tai desu ka o he sono atari desu ka
Where does it hurt? Around your belly button?
はい、おへそのあたりがきゅーっといたいです。
hai o heso no atari ga kyuutsu to i tai desu
Yes, around my belly button—it hurts with a tight, cramping pain.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
すみません。
sumi mase n
Excuse me.
おなか
onaka
Stomach / belly
いたい
itai
Hurts / painful
です
desu
(polite ending: is/are)
💬 [です] makes a statement polite. You can swap it onto lots of plain descriptions: [いたい] → [いたいです], [だいじょうぶ] → [だいじょうぶです].
See breakdown →おなかがいたいです。
onaka ga i tai desu
My stomach hurts.
💬 In body-pain sentences, Japanese often uses [が] with the body part: [おなかがいたいです] = "my stomach hurts." You can reuse the pattern with other body parts too, like [あたまがいたいです] for "my head hurts."
See breakdown →だいじょうぶ
daijoubu
Okay / alright
ですか
desu ka
(question form)
💬 [ですか] turns a polite statement into a question. Compare [だいじょうぶです。] "It's okay" and [だいじょうぶですか。] "Are you okay?"
See breakdown →だいじょうぶですか。
daijoubu desu ka
Are you okay?
いつ
itsu
When
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