Rest through a cold with 安静

亀(かめ)のおじいさん:

「熱(ねつ)は高(たか)くないようだし風(かぜ)じゃな」

“It doesn't seem like you have a high fever, so it's probably just a cold.”

「しばらく安静(あんせい)にしてたら治(なお)るじゃろ」

“If you rest for a while, you'll probably get better.”

Key Points

1. 安静(あんせい) = resting quietly

   • 安静(あんせい) means keeping yourself calm and still so your body can recover, so here it is closer to “rest quietly” than just “take a break”.

   • In medical advice, 安静(あんせい)にする means to stay in bed, avoid activity, and take it easy while you recover.

2. しばらく sets the recovery window

   • しばらく means “for a while”, so the speaker is saying this should improve with a short period of rest rather than something more serious.

3. じゃろ gives an elderly, gentle guess

   • 治(なお)るじゃろ is an old-fashioned or regional way of saying something like 治(なお)るだろう.

   • That fits the doctor’s elderly voice: he sounds reassuring, but he is still making a likely prediction rather than an absolute promise.