How to say "healing" in Japanese

• 医いCommon
  nounNames medicine as a field — the healing art — rather than an act or process, so it is seldom the word you want for 'healing' itself in a sentence; think of it as 'medicine'.
• ヒーリングCommon
  nounThe loanword for the emotional or spiritual sense of 'healing': being soothed or comforted in mind and spirit. Typical of wellness and relaxation contexts rather than recovery from illness or injury.
• 治癒ちゆCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers healing in the physical sense: a wound, illness, or injury healing or being cured. It names the process or fact of recovery and fits medical talk about getting better.
  王おうを得えた麒麟きりんもまた寿命じゅみょうを持もたない生き物いきものだが、この病やまいばかりは治癒ちゆの方法ほうほうがない。↗

  A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.
• 全治ぜんちCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbRefers to complete recovery — an injury or illness healing fully — rather than healing in progress. The word to reach for when the point is that someone is fully recovered, typical of medical contexts.
  彼かれは全治ぜんち一いちヶ月かげつの負傷ふしょうを受うけた。↗

  He sustained an injury which will take a month to heal completely.

For physical recovery from illness or injury use 治癒, or 全治 when the healing is complete; 「ヒーリング」 is the loanword for emotional or spiritual soothing, while 医 names medicine as an art rather than an act of healing.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 医いmedicine
• ヒーリングhealing (esp. emotional or spiritual healing)
• 治癒ちゆhealing
• 全治ぜんちcomplete recovery
• 癒しいやしhealing
• ヒールhealing