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    3. 知恵遅れ

    知恵遅れ

    知ち恵え遅おくれ​

    mental retardation

    KMT9News #32+1NounMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab32 strokes

    ちえおくれ

    Noun

    1.
    mental retardation
    sensitive

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    昔むかしは「知ち恵え遅おくれ」という言こと葉ばが使つかわれていた。

    In the past, the term "chieokure" (mental retardation) was used.

    KMT8HistoryMedicine & Health
    現げん在ざいでは「知ち的てき障しょう害がい」という表ひょう現げんが「知ち恵え遅おくれ」に代かわって用もちいられている。

    Currently, the expression "intellectual disability" is used instead of "chieokure" (mental retardation).

    KMT9Medicine & HealthPolitics & Law
    過か去この医い学がく文ぶん献けんには「知ち恵え遅おくれ」に関かんする記き述じゅつが多おおく見みられる。

    Many descriptions concerning "chieokure" (mental retardation) can be found in past medical literature.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthHistory
    「知ち恵え遅おくれ」という言こと葉ばは、差さ別べつ的てきなニュアンスを含ふくむため、使し用ようが避さけられるべきである。

    The word "chieokure" (mental retardation) should be avoided due to its discriminatory nuance.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthEmotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    医い療りょうの進しん歩ぽにより、「知ち恵え遅おくれ」と診 断 された人ひと々びとの生せい活かつの質しつは向こう上じょうしている。

    Due to advances in medicine, the quality of life for people diagnosed with "chieokure" (mental retardation) has improved.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthScience & Math

    Characters that make up this word

    知
    し.る・し.らせる…(7)
    know・wisdom
    Kanji
    恵
    めぐ.む・めぐ.み…(10)
    favor・blessing・grace・kindness
    Kanji
    遅
    おく.れる・おく.らす・おそ.い…(2)
    slow・late・back・later
    Kanji
    れ
    re
    Kana
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