Healthy, sturdy in Japanese 🇯🇵

じょうぶ info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Associative imagery: Think of "ジョ(ju)-ブ(bu)" as a "juicy" and "bulky" fruit, implying something sturdy and healthy.
– Mnemonic: Imagine "ジョインボブ (Join Bob)," where Bob is a strong and healthy person you want to join in activities.

Explanations:
– じょうぶ (joubu) means strong, healthy, robust, or sturdy. It conveys a sense of something being resilient and capable of enduring stress or hardship.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 丈夫 (じょうふ) – This is another way to write 'じょうぶ' using kanji characters.
– 強い (つよい, tsuyoi) – strong
– 健康 (けんこう, kenkou) – healthy (when referring to health)
– 頑丈 (がんじょう, ganjou) – solid, sturdy, robust

Alternate meanings like slang:
– There are no common slang uses for じょうぶ (joubu), but it can be used figuratively to describe someone's resilient personality.

Examples of sentences:
1. このカバンはとてもじょうぶです。
*Kono kaban wa totemo joubu desu.*
(This bag is very sturdy.)

2. あの子はじょうぶな体をしています。
*Ano ko wa joubu na karada o eimasu.*
(That child has a strong, healthy body.)

3. じょうぶな靴を買いたいです。
*Joubu na kutsu o kaitai desu.*
(I want to buy sturdy shoes.)

4. この椅子はじょうぶそうですね。
*Kono isu wa joubu sou desu ne.*
(This chair looks sturdy, doesn't it?)

5. 彼のおじいさんはまだじょうぶで元気です。
*Kare no ojiisan wa mada joubu de genki desu.*
(His grandfather is still healthy and lively.)

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