Japanese symbol for “adl”
日常生活動作
にちじょうせいかつどうさ
Romaji: nichijouseikatsudousa
activities of daily living; ADL; normal activities of daily life
In Japanese, adl is 日常生活動作, read にちじょうせいかつどうさ (nichijouseikatsudousa).
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Meanings
- n activities of daily living; ADL; normal activities of daily life (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今日 | きょう kyou | today; this day |
| 日本 | にほん nihon | Japan |
| 毎日 | まいにち mainichi | every day; daily |
| 明日 | あした ashita | tomorrow |
| 昨日 | きのう kinou | yesterday |
| 日常 | にちじょう nichijou | everyday; daily; ordinary |
| 非常 | ひじょう hijou | emergency |
| 通常 | つうじょう tsuujou | usual; ordinary; normal |
| 生活 | せいかつ seikatsu | life; living |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 作る | つくる tsukuru | to make; to produce; to manufacture |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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