保険|ほけんhoken[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nouninsurance
    この保険ほけんは何なんもかもカバーする。↗
    This insurance covers everything.
  2. nounguarantee; warranty
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymインシュランスNeutralNeutral katakana loanword from English 'insurance'; far less common than 保険, the everyday standard. It covers only the 'insurance' sense, not 'guarantee' or 'warranty'.

Choose 保険 for virtually all contexts, including the 'guarantee; warranty' senses; インシュランス is a neutral katakana loanword from English 'insurance' that is far less common and rarely needed.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 事故じこや死亡しぼうといった予想よそうされる災害さいがいに備そなえて金銭きんせんを出だし、事故じこや死亡しぼうが起おこった時ときに損害そんがいを補償ほしょうする契約けいやく。
  2. (比喩的ひゆてき)損失そんしつを相殺そうさいするもの。もくろみどおりに行いかなかった場合ばあいに発動はつどうされる、次善じぜんの事柄ことがら。
  3. 確たしかな保証ほしょう。
  4. 和文わぶん通話つうわ表ひょうで「ほ」を表あらわす。
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