健
健

healthy, health, strength, persistence

11 strokesFrequency 572JLPT N2Grade 4

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すこ.やか

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かつたけたけしたてとしやすやすし

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Common Words

健康けんこうFreq #2909
1

Common noun

health

Examples
煙草をすうことは健康に悪い。
Smoking is bad for the health.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

healthy; sound; fit; wholesome

健全けんぜんNoun～な Adj.Freq #7205
1

healthy; sound; wholesome

Examples
母子ともに健全です。
Mother and child are both doing well.
健在けんざいNoun～な Adj.Freq #7608
1

in good health; alive and well; going strong

Examples
彼女の４人の姉妹のうち１人は他界したが、ほかは健在だ。
One of her four sisters has passed away, but the others are still with us.
保健室ほけんしつNounFreq #8850
1

infirmary (at a school, workplace, etc.); health center; nurse's office; nurse's room; sickroom; sick bay

Examples
君は保健室に行った方がいいぞ。
You had better go to the infirmary.
健気けなげNoun～な Adj.Freq #9159
1

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic; noble; courageous

Examples
彼が直向きに生きるその姿は実に健気です。
The single-minded way he gets on with his life is truly admirable.
健康的けんこうてき～な Adj.Freq #12346
1

hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary

Examples
海辺の空気はきれいで健康的だ。
The air by the sea is pure and healthy.
したたか強か健かUsually kanaFreq #13979
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

tough; stubborn; determined; hard; tenacious

2

Adverb (fukushi)

severely; heavily; hard; a great deal; much

健やかすこやかNoun～な Adj.Freq #15548
1

vigorous; healthy; sound

Examples
お宮参りで訪れた大西幸治さん(40)、由希恵さん(34)夫妻は「子どもが健やかに育つことを祈りました」と話していた。
The couple who came on a shrine visit, Kouji Oonishi (40) and his wife Yukie (34) said, "We prayed that our child would grow up healthily."
堅実健実けんじつ～な Adj.Freq #16812
1

steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy; solid

Examples
堅実な草の根レベルの運動を築きあげることに集中しなければならない。
We must focus on building a solid grass-roots movement.
不健康ふけんこうNoun～な Adj.Freq #20561
1

poor health; ill health; unhealthy

Examples
私達は彼の不健康を考慮しなければならない。
We must allow for his poor health.
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