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介護保険 (かいごほけん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

介かい護ご保ほ険けん

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Meanings

1

noun

long-term care insurance; nursing care insurance

Refers to Japan's public long-term care insurance system (介護保険制度) for elderly care services.

40歳さい以い上じょうの人ひとは介護保険かいごほけんかに加入ゅうしなければならない。
People aged 40 and over must enroll in long-term care insurance.
介かい護ご保ほ険けんを利り用ようしてデイサービス

を

受う

ける

。

Use long-term care insurance to receive day-care services.

Kanji

介jammed in, shellfish, mediate
護safeguard, protect
保protect, guarantee, keep
険precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position

Similar words

健けん康こう保ほ険けん
健康保険 is general health insurance, while 介護保険 specifically covers long-term nursing care services.
介かい護ご
介護 means nursing or caregiving; 介護保険 is the insurance system that funds such care.

Etymology

Compound of 介護 (かいご, 'nursing care') and 保険 (ほけん, 'insurance').