保健室

Chinese
to maintain one's health; to preserve health room
trad. (保健室) 保健 室
simp. #(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
  • (Tokyo) ほけ​んしつ [hòkéꜜǹshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

保(ほ)健(けん)室(しつ) • (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”
  • 保健診療所(ほけんしんだんしょ) (hoken shindansho): “health examination place”
  • 保健(ほけん)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”
  • 保健管理(ほけんかんり)センター (hoken kanri sentā): “health management center”

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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