コロナワクチン
korona wakuchin
The English phrase "covid vaccine" is translated into Japanese as コロナワクチン (korona wakuchin).
This phrase refers to a medical injection used to protect a person from the COVID-19 virus.
What does it mean word for word?
コロナワクチン is a loanword combination consisting of コロナ (korona), referring to COVID and ワクチン (wakuchin), meaning vaccine.
Which one should you use?
While コロナワクチン is the standard term, you may encounter other variations. The phrase コロナのワクチン specifically means "the vaccine for Corona" and is used in more informal settings. Formal alternatives include 新型コロナウイルスワクチン (novel coronavirus vaccine), the slightly shortened formal 新型コロナワクチン and COVIDワクチン, which uses the English abbreviation.
How do you pronounce it?
korona wakuchin
Did you know?
- While コロナワクチン is common, the formal term 新型コロナ (shingata korona) uses the same word for 'new type' used to describe a new model of a car or a smartphone.
- The term ワクチン (wakuchin) is written in Katakana, the script used for foreign loanwords, which serves as a visual cue to Japanese readers that the word originated from the Dutch or English 'vaccine'.
- In Japanese, people don't usually say they 'got' a コロナワクチン but instead say they underwent 接種 (sesshu), which means 'inoculation'.
Examples in context
- コロナワクチンは打ってないです。I haven't had the COVID vaccine.This sentence is useful for expressing that you have not received the コロナワクチン.Tatoeba #10701475 by small_snow, translation #10768148 by end
- 私は新型コロナウイルスワクチンを受けました。I received the COVID vaccine.
- これからコロナのワクチン接種が始まります。The Corona vaccination is beginning soon.
- コロナワクチンを打ちました。Koronawakuchin o uchimashita.I got the covid vaccine.
- コロナワクチンは予約できますか？Koronawakuchin wa yoyaku dekimasu ka?Can I make an appointment for the covid vaccine?
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about health at a cafe.
- 大翔 Hiroto陽葵さんは、もうコロナワクチンを打ちましたか？Himari-san wa, mou koronawakuchin o uchimashita ka?Himari, have you already gotten the covid vaccine?
- 陽葵 Himariはい、先月に打ちました。Hai, sengetsu ni uchimashita.Yes, I got it last month.
- 大翔 Hiroto僕はまだなんです。Boku wa mada nan desu.I haven't yet.
- 陽葵 Himari大翔さんも早く打ったほうがいいですよ。Hiroto-san mo hayaku utta hou ga ii desu yo.You should get it soon too, Hiroto.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
