I Love Kanji健在 (kenzai)
健在 (けんざい, kenzai) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “in good health; alive and well”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- けんざい
- Romaji
- kenzai
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- in good health; alive and well; going strong · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
彼女の４人の姉妹のうち１人は他界したが、ほかは健在だ。
One of her four sisters has passed away, but the others are still with us.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 健在
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 健在だ | けんざいだ kenzaida |
| Present (polite) | 健在です | けんざいです kenzaidesu |
| Negative | 健在じゃない | けんざいじゃない kenzaijanai |
| Past | 健在だった | けんざいだった kenzaidatta |
| Negative past | 健在じゃなかった | けんざいじゃなかった kenzaijanakatta |
| Te-form | 健在で | けんざいで kenzaide |
| Before a noun | 健在な | けんざいな kenzaina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 健在に | けんざいに kenzaini |
Kanji in 健在
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 健在.
健康けんこうhealth保健ほけんpreservation of health健全けんぜんhealthy健やかすこやかvigorous在るあるto be現在げんざいthe present存在そんざいexistence滞在たいざいstay在学ざいがくattending (school, college, etc.)在庫ざいこstock自在じざいbeing able to do as one pleases所在しょざいlocation (of)不在ふざいabsence
Source: JMdict entry 1256300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.