保養

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health preservation
recuperation
recreation

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ほよう【保養】

**rest

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recuperation

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*recreation

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¶ → 保養所

¶ → 保養地

¶ → 目の保養

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ほよう【保養】

〔体を休めること〕 health seeking; preservation of health; 〔病後の〕 recuperation; recruitment; 〔気晴らし〕 (a) recreation; (a) relaxation.

～する 〔体を休める〕 take care of one's health; 〔病後に〕 recuperate (oneself, one's health); 〔気晴らしする〕 recreate (oneself); relax.

●目の保養 ⇒め¹.

●保養に行く go 《to a place》 for one's health

・ここの湯は病後の保養にいいらしい. They say these waters help you recuperate after you've been ill.

●保養のために for (the good [benefit] of) one's health; for recreation

・都会からおおぜいの人が保養のためにやってくる. Large numbers of people come from the big city for relaxation and recreation.

・この施設は高齢者のための保養の場として設けられた. This facility was set up as a place for old people to recuperate.

●しばらく温泉地で病後の保養をすることにした. I decided to spend a while recuperating at a hot spring resort after my illness.

保養所 〔会社などの〕 a company-owned resort facility for the rest and recreation of employees.

保養地 a health resort.