福祉|ふくしfukushi[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
ふくちfukuchi
Definitions
  1. nounwelfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
    彼かれの福祉ふくしの概念がいねんはかなり観念的かんねんてきだ。↗
    His notion of welfare is pretty abstract.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym福利ふくりWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means happiness and benefit; common in 「福利厚生」. 「福祉」 leans toward social security services.
  • Synonym厚生こうせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means enriching life and safeguarding health, as in 「厚生労働省」 and 「福利厚生」; leans toward administrative and corporate use.

Use 「福祉」 for social welfare and social security services, as in 「社会福祉」「福祉施設」「福祉行政」. For employee benefits say 「福利厚生」; for promoting healthy living, 「厚生」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 幸福こうふく。利益りえき。
  2. 社会しゃかいの成員せいいんの物的ぶってき・経済的けいざいてき・文化的ぶんかてき欲求よっきゅうを満足まんぞくさせる生活せいかつ環境かんきょう。そのような生活せいかつ環境かんきょうを、特とくに貧困ひんこんや障害しょうがい、長期ちょうき疾患しっかんなどの困難こんなんを抱かかえる者ものに対たいして実現じつげんするための公的こうてき扶助ふじょや社会的しゃかいてき援助えんじょ。
  3. 2.について学まなぶ高等学校こうとうがっこうなどの教科きょうか名めい。
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