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健全育成 (けんぜんいくせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

健けん全ぜん育いく成せい

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Meanings

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sound upbringing; healthy development

Often used in educational, social welfare, and youth policy contexts to refer to fostering the healthy growth of children and young people.

青せい少しょう年ねんの健けん全ぜん育いく成せいを目もく的てきとしたプログラムが実

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A program aimed at the sound upbringing of youth was implemented.

地ち域いき全ぜん体たいで子こどもの健けん全ぜん育いく成せいに取とり組くんでいる。

The whole community is working on the healthy development of children.

Kanji

健healthy, health, strength
全whole, entire, all
育bring up, grow up, raise
成turn into, become, get

Related words

育いく成せい
育成 is a general term for fostering or nurturing, while 健全育成 specifically emphasizes sound or healthy development, often in policy or educational contexts.
健けん全ぜん
健全 means 'healthy' or 'sound' as an adjective/noun, whereas 健全育成 is a compound noun referring to the process of healthy upbringing.

Word family

青せい少しょう年ねん健けん全ぜん育いく成せい条じょう例れい
healthy youth development ordinance

Built from

健けん全ぜん+育いく成せい

Etymology

Compound of 健全 (healthy, sound) and 育成 (upbringing, development). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is used in modern Japanese primarily in social and educational policy contexts.