Health in Japanese 🇯🇵

けんこう info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Break down the word けんこう (kenkou): Think of "Ken" as a common name (healthy person) and "kou" as "cool" (healthy people are cool).
– Use mnemonic visualization: Imagine "Ken" doing yoga (a healthy activity) in a "cool" (peaceful) environment.

Explanations:
– けんこう (健康, kenkou) primarily means "health" in Japanese. It encompasses both physical and mental well-being.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 健康状態 (けんこうじょうたい, kenkou joutai): health condition
– 体調 (たいちょう, taichou): physical condition
– 健全 (けんぜん, kenzen): soundness, wholesomeness (often refers to mental and social well-being)

Alternate meanings:
– As slang, けんこう doesn't have common alternate meanings.

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 健康に気を付けてください。
(けんこう に き を つけて ください, kenkou ni ki wo tsukete kudasai)
Please take care of your health.

2. 健康な生活を送りましょう。
(けんこう な せいかつ を おくりましょう, kenkou na seikatsu wo okurimashou)
Let's lead a healthy lifestyle.

3. 私の健康はとても大事です。
(わたし の けんこう は とても だいじ です, watashi no kenkou wa totemo daiji desu)
My health is very important.

4. 健康診断を受けましたか？
(けんこう しんだん を うけました か, kenkou shindan wo ukemaa ka)
Have you had a health check-up?

5. 彼はとても健康そうです。
(かれ は とても けんこう そう です, kare wa totemo kenkou sou desu)
He looks very healthy.

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