健康食品

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 健康食品 is read けんこうしょくひん and refers to foods consumed in connection with maintaining health.
• Basic usage: It appears when reading product labels or considering these products alongside everyday meals.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Product and diet
  • 健康食品だけに頼らず means not relying solely on health foods. だけ restricts the thing being relied upon to that alone.
• Translation scope
  • Health food can cover a broad range of foods, whereas dietary supplement can identify a supplement product. Translate 健康食品 according to the actual product and context.