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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

健けん康こう

kenkou

health

Example sentences

煙草たばこをすうことは健康けんこうに悪わるい。
Smoking is bad for the health.
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彼かれは健康けんこうを失うしなった。
He forfeited his health.
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健康けんこうが第一だいいちだ。
Nothing is more important than health.
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Kanji in 健康

健healthy; healthOnケンKunすこやか
康ease; peaceOnコウ

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