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生存保険 (せいぞんほけん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

生せい存ぞん保ほ険けん

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Meanings

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noun

pure endowment insurance

A type of life insurance that pays a lump sum only if the insured survives to the end of the policy term. Technical term used in insurance contexts.

生せい存ぞん保ほ険けんは、満まん期きまで生せい存ぞんした場ば合あいに保ほ険けん金きんが支し払はらわれる保ほ険けんです。
Pure endowment insurance is insurance that pays out if the insured survives to maturity.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
存exist, suppose, be aware of
保protect, guarantee, keep
険precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position

Similar words

生せい命めい保ほ険けん
生命保険 is a broader term for life insurance, which may include death benefits, while 生存保険 specifically refers to a policy that pays only upon survival.
養よう老ろう保ほ険けん
養老保険 is an endowment insurance that pays both on death and on survival, whereas 生存保険 pays only on survival.

Etymology

Compound of 生存 (survival) and 保険 (insurance). The term is a direct translation of the English 'pure endowment insurance'.