Illustration: In a bright Japanese family living room, a sturdy toddler walks confidently across the tatami toward a crouching grandparent, carrying an ordinary rubber ball in both hands. The child has a relaxed, lively face and balanced posture, with bare feet planted securely.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

健すこやか

sukoyaka

healthy, sound

Example sentences

  1. お宮参みやまいりで訪おとずれた夫妻ふさいは「子供こどもが健すこやかに育そだつことを祈いのりました」と話はなしていた。

    The couple who came on a shrine visit said, "We prayed that our child would grow up healthy."

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  2. 日本にっぽんでは端午たんごの節句せっくに男子だんしの健すこやかな成長せいちょうを祈願きがんし各種かくしゅの行事ぎょうじを行おこなう風習ふうしゅうがあり、国民こくみんの祝日しゅくじつ「こどもの日ひ」になっている。

    In Japan, there is a custom of holding variety of events praying for the healthy growth of boys on the day of Tango no sekku, and May 5 is a national holiday, called 'Children’s Day.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 日本にっぽんには赤あかちゃんの誕生たんじょうと健すこやかな成長せいちょうを願ねがって、生誕約せいたんやく1ヶ月目かげつめに、両親りょうしんと父方ちちかたの祖母そぼが付つき添そって神社じんじゃにお宮参みやまいりをする風習ふうしゅうがある。

    In Japan, there is a custom for parents of a baby to take their baby to a shrine, celebrating the baby’s birth and wishing the baby’s healthy growth, with a grandmother on the baby’s father’s side after one month from the baby’s birth.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 健

  • 健healthy; healthOnケンKunすこやか

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