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健在

けんざい

alive and well; still going strong

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Examples

  1. 祖母は九十歳になるが健在だ。

    そぼはきゅうじゅっさいになるがけんざいだ。

    My grandmother is ninety, but she's still going strong.

  2. 彼女の四人の姉妹のうち一人は他界したが、ほかは健在だ。

    かのじょのよにんのしまいのうちひとりはたかいしたが、ほかはけんざいだ。

    One of her four sisters has passed away, but the others are still with us.

  3. 引退したと言われていたが、その技術は健在であることを今日の試合で証明した。

    いんたいしたといわれていたが、そのぎじゅつはけんざいであることをきょうのしあいでしょうめいした。

    People said he was finished, but today's match proved his skill is very much intact.

Common patterns

両親とも健在だ
both parents are alive and well
今なお健在
still going strong to this day
健在ぶりを示す
to show one is still in fine form

Memory tip

Chiefly about older people still living and in good health — it carries the implication that one might have expected otherwise. Figuratively it says a skill, a team or a tradition has not faded. For plain physical health use 元気 or 健康.

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