不健康

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 不健康(ふけんこう) describes an unhealthy state or something unfavorable to health.
• Basic usage: It evaluates a lifestyle or eating habits from the perspective of health.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Evaluating a state or habit
  • 不健康な食習慣 means unhealthy eating habits. It differs from a word such as 病気, which names illness itself.
• Reading and connection of 不
  • Negative 不 is read ふ and attaches to 健康. Before a noun, the form is 不健康な.