保健室

Chinese
 
to maintain one's health; to preserve health; health protection; health care; health maintenance
 room
simp. and trad.
(保健室)		 保健 室

Pronunciation

Noun

保健室

  1. infirmary; sick bay; small clinic (Classifier: 間／间)

Synonyms

Japanese
保健室 (hokenshitsu): the nurse's office at a Japanese elementary school.
Kanji in this term
保 健 室
ほ
Grade: 5		 けん
Grade: 4		 しつ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 保健 (hoken, “health preservation, health, well-being”) +‎ 室 (shitsu, “room”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

保健室 (hiragana ほけんしつ, rōmaji hokenshitsu)

  1. a nurse's office (as in a school), infirmary (as in a company), dispensary (chiefly UK)

Synonyms
Synonyms

(in some elementary schools):

  • 衛生室 (えいせいしつ) (eiseishitsu): literally “hygiene room”

(in some universities):

  • 医務室 (いむしつ) (imushitsu): “medical room”
  • 保 (ほ)健 (けん)診 (しん)療 (だん)所 (しょ) (hoken shindansho): “health examination place”
  • 保 (ほ)健 (けん)センター (hoken sentā): “health center”
  • 健康科学 (ほけんかがく)センター (hoken kagaku sentā): “health science center”
  • 保 (ほ)健 (けん)管 (かん)理 (り)センター (hoken kanri sentā): “health management center”

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.