全快

• 読み: ぜんかい
• ローマ字: zenkai
• 漢字の分解: 全 (zen) — complete, total; 快 (kai) — recovery, pleasant feeling
• 発音: /ze̞ŋ.kai/

意味

Complete recovery; full recuperation. A return to full health after illness or injury.

A noun and suru-verb (全快する) expressing total restoration of health, stronger than 回復 (recovery) which may be partial. Often used in formal well-wishing contexts such as お全快をお祈りします (I pray for your full recovery). Conveys a sense of resolution and relief, frequently appearing in written communication about someone's health.

例文

1. 三週間の入院を経て、全快したとの報告が届いた。
2. 手術は成功し、医師から全快を告げられた際、家族全員が涙を流した。
3. 術後のリハビリを経て、全快まであと一歩というところだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: medicine, recovery, correspondence, well-wishing

トーン: relieved, formal

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound: 全 (zen) means complete or entire, and 快 (kai) relates to recovery or pleasant feeling. Together they express the wholeness of returning to good health. Used in medical and literary contexts since at least the Edo period.

文化的背景

時代: Classical-Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal