Rest and recovery
Collocations, Stage 2chunk 24 of 24Body & health
Lying down and getting better: the fever drops, the cold clears up, the tiredness goes.
- yoko ni narulie down
- netsu ga sagarufever goes down
- kaze ga naoruget over a cold
- tsukare ga torerushake off tiredness, feel rested
Mix-ups sagaru, naoru and toreru say the thing goes away by itself, so they take ga; their o twins mean someone does it (netsu o sageru, kaze o naosu). yoko ni naru is lying down to rest, not neru (sleep).
yoko ni naru
polite yoko ni narimasulie down
横になる よこになる 横になります
verbnaru なるbecome, turn into; with yoko (side) it's 'become horizontal'typical 54% of yoko
trap Dictionaries give yokotawaru, which sounds written; in speech you 'become sideways', yoko ni naru. Neru also works but suggests going to sleep.
For lying down to rest rather than to sleep: chotto yoko ni naru (I'll lie down a bit); to someone unwell, yoko ni natta hou ga ii yo. The ni always stays: never yoko naru.
chotto yoko ni natte ii?
Mind if I lie down for a bit?
ちょっと横になっていい？
chotto yoko ni natte mo ii desu ka?
Would it be all right if I lie down for a bit?
ちょっと横になってもいいですか？
Related single verb: nekorobu (lie down casually, sprawl).
Same verb: aomuke (on your back), utsubuse (face down)Main list: naru (Stage 1), neru (Stage 2)
netsu ga sagaru
polite netsu ga sagarimasufever goes down
熱が下がる ねつがさがる 熱が下がります
verbsagaru 下がるgo down, drop (temperature, prices); also step backtypical 7% of netsu
trap Not netsu ga oriru or heru: a fever 'drops', netsu ga sagaru (netsu sagatta?).
The follow-up to any fever: netsu sagatta? answered with sagatta or mada sagaranai. Ga often drops; a fever going up is netsu ga agaru.
kusuri nondara, netsu sagatta.
I took some medicine and my fever went down.
薬飲んだら、熱下がった。
kusuri o nondara, netsu ga sagarimashita.
After I took the medicine, my fever came down.
薬を飲んだら、熱が下がりました。
Bringing a fever down is netsu o sageru; the medicine for it is genetsuzai. Netsu ga hiku (the fever subsides) is also fine.
Same verb: kion (air temperature), nedan (price), seiseki (grades)Learn alongside: kusuri ga kiku, kaze ga naoru, tsukare ga toreru
kaze ga naoru
polite kaze ga naorimasuget over a cold
風邪が治る かぜがなおる 風邪が治ります
verbnaoru 治るheal, get better (an illness, an injury); the same-sounding naoru also means a thing gets fixedtypical 5% of kaze
Asked after someone's cold as kaze naotta? and answered mou naotta or mada naoranai. Ga drops, and kaze itself is often left out once the topic is clear.
kaze, mou naotta?
Are you over your cold yet?
風邪、もう治った？
kaze wa mou naorimashita ka?
Have you got over your cold?
風邪はもう治りましたか？
Hayaku naoshite ne (get well soon) uses the transitive naosu; odaiji ni is the stock polite wish.
Same verb: kega (injury), byouki (illness), kizu (wound)Learn alongside: kusuri ga kiku, netsu ga sagaru, tsukare ga toreruMain list: mou (Stage 1)
tsukare ga toreru
polite tsukare ga toremasushake off tiredness, feel rested
疲れが取れる つかれがとれる 疲れが取れます
verbtoreru 取れるcome off, come out (a button, a stain); also can get (potential of toru)typical 9% of tsukare
trap Not tsukare ga naoru: tiredness isn't cured, it 'comes off' (toreru).
Most often heard in the negative: nete mo tsukare ga torenai (I sleep and still feel tired). After a bath, a massage or a holiday it's tsukare toreta, and ga often drops.
nete mo, zenzen tsukare torenai.
Even after sleeping, I can't shake the tiredness.
寝ても、全然疲れ取れない。
nete mo, zenzen tsukare ga toremasen.
Even after sleeping, I still feel tired.
寝ても、全然疲れが取れません。
Tsukare o toru is doing something about it: onsen de tsukare o toru (soak it away at a hot spring). Tsukare ga nukenai (the tiredness won't leave) is also common.
Same verb: itami (pain), shimi (stain), botan (button)Learn alongside: kusuri ga kiku, netsu ga sagaru, kaze ga naoruMain list: tsukareru (Stage 2), toru (Stage 4)