I Love Kanji健康 (kenkou)
健康 (けんこう, kenkou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “health”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- けんこう
- Romaji
- kenkou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- health · noun
- healthy; sound; fit; wholesome · な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 健康
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 健康だ | けんこうだ kenkouda |
| Present (polite) | 健康です | けんこうです kenkoudesu |
| Negative | 健康じゃない | けんこうじゃない kenkoujanai |
| Past | 健康だった | けんこうだった kenkoudatta |
| Negative past | 健康じゃなかった | けんこうじゃなかった kenkoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 健康で | けんこうで kenkoude |
| Before a noun | 健康な | けんこうな kenkouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 健康に | けんこうに kenkouni |
Kanji in 健康
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 健康.
Source: JMdict entry 1256170 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.