不健康|ふけんこうfukenkou[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, nounpoor health; ill health; unhealthy
    私達わたしたちは彼かれの不健康ふけんこうを考慮こうりょしなければならない。↗
    We must allow for his poor health.
Conjugation
Plain form不健康(ふけんこう)
Polite (desu)不健康です(ふけんこうです)
Negative (dewa nai)不健康ではない(ふけんこうではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)不健康ではありません(ふけんこうではありません)
Past (datta)不健康だった(ふけんこうだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)不健康ではなかった(ふけんこうではなかった)
Te form (de)不健康で(ふけんこうで)
Adverbial (ni)不健康に(ふけんこうに)
Conditional (nara)不健康なら(ふけんこうなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym病弱びょうじゃくWrittenA written word for someone with a weak constitution who falls ill often; it covers only physical frailty, while 「不健康」 can also describe a lifestyle that harms health.
  • Synonym不健全ふけんぜんWrittenA written word for what is unsound in mind, thinking, or institutions — e.g. public finances or social morals; its scope leans toward the social level.
  • Antonym健康けんこうNeutralThe direct opposite of 「不健康」: a good state of body and mind. Neutral in register and by far the most common of these words.

Use 「不健康」 for a lifestyle or diet that harms health, 「病弱」 for someone frail and often ill, and 「不健全」 for a poor social climate or unsound institutions.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 健康けんこうでないこと。体調たいちょうが悪わるいこと。健康けんこう、身体しんたいによくないこと。また、そのようなさま。
  2. 考え方かんがえかたや行動こうどうが不正ふせいで健康的けんこうてきでないこと。
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