Word Meaning 保健

ほけん hoken

保健 is read as ほけん (hoken) and means health education (school subject).

Meaning

English

  1. health education (school subject)
  2. preservation of health
  3. hygiene
  4. sanitation

Reading

Kana

ほけん

Romaji

hoken

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 1665 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

保健所

ほけんじょ

animal shelter

保健婦

ほけんふ

district health nurse

保健衛生大学

ほけんえいせいだいがく

Hoken'eisei University

保健物理学

ほけんぶつりがく

health physics

保健制度

ほけんせいど

public health system

保健学

ほけんがく

health sciences

保健科学大学

ほけんかがくだいがく

Hokenkagaku University

保健機能食品

ほけんきのうしょくひん

health-promoting food

保健衛生

ほけんえいせい

hygiene

保健体育

ほけんたいいく

health and physical education

保健室の先生

ほけんしつのせんせい

school nurse

保健所政令市

ほけんしょせいれいし

designated city or core city required to run its own public health centers

Example Sentences

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かれはほけんしつでやすんでいます。

He is resting in the nurse's office.

WHO stands for World Health Organization.

I can't make head nor tail of her lecture on health and physical education.

The national health service takes care of you from womb to tomb.

It was I who found her. She'd lost consciousness, so I carried her to the infirmary.

With her sights set on becoming a psychiatric social worker, her University studies are particularly interested in the integration of mentally disabled persons.

Today, the Ministry of Health announced that it has stopped distribution of and is recalling a medicine for children due to the problem of heart related side effects. The government has taken this into account and has forbidden the importation of this medicine.