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不健康 (fukenkou) Japanese meaning: unhealthy | Kotomora
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ばかり
で
、
不ふ
健けん
康こう
な
生せい
活かつ
に
なっ
て
いる
。
With all the late nights and eating out, my lifestyle has become unhealthy.
Concerned about his poor health, he started exercising.
Your complexion looks a little unhealthy.
Usage patterns 不ふ 健けん 康こう な 生せい 活かつ を 送おく る to lead an unhealthy lifestyle
He works late into the night and leads an unhealthy lifestyle.
不ふ 健けん 康こう な 食しょく 事じ an unhealthy diet/meal
An unhealthy diet of nothing but fast food is bad for you.
〈 物もの 〉 が 不ふ 健けん 康こう に 見み える for something (e.g. one's complexion) to look unhealthy
Because of lack of sleep, his complexion looks unhealthy.
不ふ 健けん 康こう なほど 〈 形けい 容よう 詞し 〉 unhealthily [adjective], to an unhealthy degree
She is thin to an unhealthy degree.
Kanji 健 healthy, health, strength Related words 病弱 specifically describes a person's frail, illness-prone physical constitution, while 不健康 more broadly covers unhealthy habits, diet, appearance, or temporary conditions.
虚弱 emphasizes physical weakness or delicacy of body, whereas 不健康 is a more general term for any unhealthy state, habit, or lifestyle.
不健康 describes an unhealthy state or condition in general, while 不摂生 specifically points to the careless habits (poor diet, drinking, lack of sleep) that cause it.
不健康 describes a generally unhealthy lifestyle or body, whereas 病的 carries a stronger sense of psychological or medical pathology.
Opposites 健康 describes being healthy or in good health, while 不健康 describes the opposite, unhealthy, state.
不健康 means 'unhealthy' and is the natural opposite of ヘルシー when describing food, habits, or a way of life.
不健康 is the direct opposite of 健康的, describing something that is unhealthy or harmful to health.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound: 不 marks negation, and 健康 means health or healthy. Together 不健康 means not healthy or a state of poor health.
