Illustration: At the low washbasins outside a Japanese elementary school infirmary, a school health teacher demonstrates careful handwashing to two healthy children.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

保ほ健けん

hoken

health care, hygiene

保健 means health care; 保険 means insurance. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

ＷＨＯとは世界せかい保健ほけん機構きこうを表あらわす。
WHO stands for World Health Organization.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
国民こくみん保健ほけんサービスは、生涯しょうがいに渡わたってあなたのお世話せわを致いたします。
The national health service takes care of you from womb to tomb.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
見みつけたのは僕ぼくです。意識いしきを喪うしなっていたので、保健ほけん室しつに運はこびました。
It was I who found her. She’d lost consciousness, so I carried her to the infirmary.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 保健

保protect; guaranteeOnホ・ホウKunたもつ
健healthy; healthOnケンKunすこやか

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