アレクシア
Arekushia
The English term 'alexia' is translated into Japanese as アレクシア (Arekushia).
アレクシア refers to the medical condition of word blindness.
Meaning: type of word blindness (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
Arekushia
Did you know?
- Because Japanese uses three different writing systems, researchers in Japan study 'selective alexia', where a person can read ひらがな but not 漢字.
- Japanese has a specific term, 失読, meaning 'loss of reading', which is used to describe the acquired form of alexia after a brain injury.
- In Japan, discussions about alexia often overlap with the term ディスレクシア for dyslexia, though they refer to different origins of reading impairment.
Examples in context
- はじめまして、アレクシアと申します。Nice to meet you, I am Alexia.
- 彼はアレクシアと診断されました。kare wa arekushia to shindan saremashita.He was diagnosed with alexia.
- アレクシアは読み書きに影響します。arekushia wa yomikaki ni eikyou shimasu.Alexia affects reading and writing.
Example conversation
Yota and Himari are discussing a medical case in a textbook.
- 陽太 Yotaこの患者はアレクシアだそうです。Kono kanja wa arekushia da sou desu.I heard this patient has alexia.
- 陽葵 Himari文字が読めないということですね。Moji ga yomenai to iu koto desu ne.So that means they can't read text.
- 陽太 Yotaはい、その通りです。Hai, sono toori desu.Yes, that is correct.
- 陽葵 Himariとても大変な状況ですね。Totemo taihen na joukyou desu ne.That must be a very difficult situation.
