健在

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Chinese

healthy
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
simp. and trad.
(健在) 		健 在

Pronunciation

Adjective

健在

  1. (of a person of advanced age) to be still living and in good health; to be alive and kicking
    父母都健在。  ―  Fùmǔ dōu jiànzài.  ―  Parents are alive and well.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
健 在
けん
Grade: 4 		ざい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

健(けん)在(ざい) • (kenzai) ←けんざい (kenzai)?-na (adnominal 健(けん)在(ざい)な (kenzai na), adverbial 健(けん)在(ざい)に (kenzai ni))

  1. (of a person of advanced age) still alive and in good health; alive and kicking
  2. (of phenomena) showing no sign of decline

Inflection

Inflection of 健在
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 健在だろ けんざいだろ kenzai daro
Continuative (連用形) 健在で けんざいで kenzai de
Terminal (終止形) 健在だ けんざいだ kenzai da
Attributive (連体形) 健在な けんざいな kenzai na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 健在なら けんざいなら kenzai nara
Imperative (命令形) 健在であれ けんざいであれ kenzai de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 健在ではない
健在じゃない 		けんざいではない
けんざいじゃない 		kenzai de wa nai
kenzai ja nai
Informal past 健在だった けんざいだった kenzai datta
Informal negative past 健在ではなかった
健在じゃなかった 		けんざいではなかった
けんざいじゃなかった 		kenzai de wa nakatta
kenzai ja nakatta
Formal 健在です けんざいです kenzai desu
Formal negative 健在ではありません
健在じゃありません 		けんざいではありません
けんざいじゃありません 		kenzai de wa arimasen
kenzai ja arimasen
Formal past 健在でした けんざいでした kenzai deshita
Formal negative past 健在ではありませんでした
健在じゃありませんでした 		けんざいではありませんでした
けんざいじゃありませんでした 		kenzai de wa arimasen deshita
kenzai ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 健在で けんざいで kenzai de
Conditional 健在なら（ば） けんざいなら（ば） kenzai nara (ba)
Provisional 健在だったら けんざいだったら kenzai dattara
Volitional 健在だろう けんざいだろう kenzai darō
Adverbial 健在に けんざいに kenzai ni
Degree 健在さ けんざいさ kenzaisa

Noun

健(けん)在(ざい) • (kenzai) ←けんざい (kenzai)?

  1. (of a person of advanced age) being still alive and in good health; being alive and kicking
  2. (of phenomena) showing no sign of decline

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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