全快|ぜんかいzenkai[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcomplete recovery of health
    御ご病気びょうきが全快ぜんかいなされるように。↗
    I hope you will be completely cured.
Conjugation
Dictionary form全快する(ぜんかいする)
Polite (masu)全快します(ぜんかいします)
Negative (nai)全快しない(ぜんかいしない)
polite (masen)全快しません(ぜんかいしません)
classical zu / nu全快せず・全快せぬ(ぜんかいせず・ぜんかいせぬ)
Past (ta)全快した(ぜんかいした)
polite (mashita)全快しました(ぜんかいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)全快しなかった(ぜんかいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)全快しませんでした(ぜんかいしませんでした)
Te form全快して(ぜんかいして)
Potential全快できる(ぜんかいできる)
Passive全快される(ぜんかいされる)
Causative全快させる(ぜんかいさせる)
Causative passive全快させられる(ぜんかいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)全快すれば(ぜんかいすれば)
tara全快したら(ぜんかいしたら)
Volitional全快しよう(ぜんかいしよう)
polite (mashou)全快しましょう(ぜんかいしましょう)
Imperative全快しろ(ぜんかいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym治癒ちゆNeutralSays an illness or injury is cured, as in 「病気が治癒する」; leans medical and formal, while 「全快」 stresses being fully well again.
  • Synonym回復かいふくNeutralThe most general word for recovery, as in 「体力が回復する」; it does not necessarily mean fully recovered.
  • Synonym治りなおりNeutralColloquial noun for how well something heals, as in 「傷の治りが早い」; it points to the state of healing rather than the event.
  • Synonym平癒へいゆWrittenWritten word for recovering from an illness, used especially in prayers, as in 「病気平癒」.
  • Synonym快癒かいゆWrittenWritten, solemn word for a full recovery, as in 「快癒を祈る」.
  • Related復調ふくちょうNeutralGetting back to one's usual condition or form, as in 「調子が復調する」; used mainly of sports performance and general condition, without the sense of a complete cure.
  • RelatedリカバリーNeutralLoanword for recovery in many senses — physical stamina, data, making up losses; 「全快」 is specifically a complete recovery from illness or injury.
  • Related床上げとこあげNeutralGetting out of bed and back to daily life after illness, as in 「床上げ祝い」; often after childbirth or illness, and rather old-fashioned.
  • Related快気かいきNeutralRecovery from illness, now mainly in 「快気祝い」, the name of the thank-you gift given on recovery.
  • Antonym悪化あっかNeutralWorsening, as in 「病状が悪化する」; the direct opposite of 「全快」.

Use 「全快」 when an illness or injury is completely cured, as in 「全快を祝う」「病気が全快する」. For the medical term say 「治癒」, for recovery in general 「回復」, and in solemn prayers 「快癒」 or 「平癒」. The opposite is 「悪化」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 病気びょうきが完全かんぜんに治なおること。
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