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Japanese term
Singapore
Enhancing communications in medicine
Native in: English 
, Chinese (Variants: Simplified, Mandarin, Traditional, Cantonese)
Works in: Japanese to English, Chinese to English, English to Chinese
21’～
Non-PRO
Japanese to English
Medical
Medical (general)
Medical record
This appeared in a medical record, and the sentence is "21’～ 全身シビレ ...".
I'm thinking if the apostrophe means "year" (heisei), but I couldn't find anything to confirm that.
Appreciate any help here, thanks!
I'm thinking if the apostrophe means "year" (heisei), but I couldn't find anything to confirm that.
Appreciate any help here, thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | minutes |
marcusmcleod
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Proposed translations
1 day 13 hrs
marcusmcleod
Australia
Australia
Native in English
Australia
Financial and legal specialties
Native in: English
Works in: Japanese to English, English
minutes
In this case the apostrophe/single quotation mark is probably used to indicate "minutes" (while a standard double quotation marks are used to indicate "seconds".)
This is most often used in indicating minutes/seconds in latitude and longitude, but can be used for time.
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Note added at 1 day 13 hrs (2020-04-12 01:02:55 GMT)
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For example on Wikipedia you can see the coordinates for the location of Tokyo are 35°41′23″N 139°41′32″E [i.e., 35 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds North, 139 degrees 41 minutes 32 seconds East]
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Note added at 1 day 13 hrs (2020-04-12 01:04:51 GMT)
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Kurt Hammond is also correct saying apostrophes and double quotation marks it is used to indicate "feet" and "inches".
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Note added at 1 day 13 hrs (2020-04-12 01:06:03 GMT)
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"are used"
This is most often used in indicating minutes/seconds in latitude and longitude, but can be used for time.
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Note added at 1 day 13 hrs (2020-04-12 01:02:55 GMT)
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For example on Wikipedia you can see the coordinates for the location of Tokyo are 35°41′23″N 139°41′32″E [i.e., 35 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds North, 139 degrees 41 minutes 32 seconds East]
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Note added at 1 day 13 hrs (2020-04-12 01:04:51 GMT)
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Kurt Hammond is also correct saying apostrophes and double quotation marks it is used to indicate "feet" and "inches".
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Note added at 1 day 13 hrs (2020-04-12 01:06:03 GMT)
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"are used"
Discussion
I'm inclined to agree with Brad that it may be referring to time, but it's hard to confirm, so I guess I'll just have to check with the client on this.
Once again, thanks for all the help.
So something like:
around 2100hrs the night before, his whole body felt numb
The next day (3rd of the month), he visited XXX for examination
If you think about it, Japanese people always use ～ to mean "something". 21-something is most likely the time in 24 hour format.
However, a measurement doesn't quite fit in this context.
The full text is:
診療録(2)
21’～ 全身シビレ...
3日 かかりつけ XXX内科受診
Appreciate any further help here, thanks!
' means feet, as in '=feet "=inches.