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生命保険 (せいめいほけん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

生せい命めい保ほ険けん

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Meanings

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noun

Standard term for life insurance policies and the life insurance industry.

生せい命めい保ほ険けんに加か入にゅうするかどうか迷まよっています。
I'm unsure whether to take out life insurance.
彼かれは生せい命めい保ほ険けん会がい社

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He works for a life insurance company.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
命fate, command, decree
保protect, guarantee, keep
険precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position

Similar words

損そん害がい保ほ険けん
損害保険 is non-life insurance (property, casualty, etc.), while 生命保険 specifically covers death, survival, or illness risks.

Etymology

Compound of 生命 (life) and 保険 (insurance). The term is a direct calque from English 'life insurance', widely used since the Meiji period.