担架 (たんか): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

担架 (たんか) means stretcher for carrying injured.

See example sentences below.

担架 at a glance

担架

たんかtanka

N1noun

stretcher for carrying injured

担架たんかtankaN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

stretcher for carrying injured

Example 1

けが人はすぐに担架で運ばれた。

Translation

The injured person was quickly carried on a stretcher.

Example 2

山で担架を使って助けた。

Translation

We used a stretcher to rescue someone on the mountain.