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保険 (ほけん): Insurance — Japanese vocabulary

保険 is read ほけん and means "Insurance". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

保険

Reading
ほけん · hoken
Translation
Insurance
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ほけんが

Example

私の家には十分保険がかけてある。

わたしのいえにはじゅうぶんほけんがかけてある。

My house is fully insured.

Kanji in this word

  • 保 — protect, keep
  • 険 — steep, risky

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