WORD DETAIL
健康状態
けんこうじょうたい
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
健康状態, readけんこうじょうたい, combines健康and状態to describe the condition of someone's health. - Basic usage: It is used when checking a person's health during an examination or recording current health information on a form.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- A condition that may be good or bad
- Both
健康状態が良いand健康状態が悪いare possible, so the word itself does not mean being in good health. 体調is common for how the body feels or functions at a particular time, while健康状態is broadly used to describe or record health status.
- Both

