Questions & Answers about iryou wa juuyou desu.
How do you read 医療 は 重要 です?
It is read:
いりょう は じゅうよう です。
In normal Japanese writing, it would usually be written without spaces:
医療は重要です。
Why is は pronounced wa instead of ha?
This is one of the first unusual things learners notice.
The character は is normally read ha, but when it is used as the topic particle, it is pronounced wa.
So in this sentence:
医療は重要です。
= As for medical care, it is important.
Here, は marks 医療 as the topic of the sentence.
What does は do in this sentence?
