厚 生(こうせい)

こうせい

noun

public welfare; welfare (of employees)

1. public welfare; health and well-being of people

The improvement of people's health and living conditions, by the state or by an employer. Rarely used alone; it appears in compounds such as 厚生労働省(こうせいろうどうしょう) and 福利厚生(ふくりこうせい).

福利厚生(ふくりこうせい)が充実(じゅうじつ)している。

The employee benefits are generous.

厚生労働省(こうせいろうどうしょう)が発表(はっぴょう)した。

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced it.

この会社(かいしゃ)は社員(しゃいん)の厚生(こうせい)のために保養所(ほようじょ)を持(も)っている。

This company owns a resort facility for the welfare of its employees.

Found almost only in compounds; learners meet it in company benefit descriptions and in the name of the health ministry.

Compounds

福利厚生(ふくりこうせい): employee benefits and welfare programs
厚生労働省(こうせいろうどうしょう): Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (often 厚労省(こうろうしょう))
厚生年金(こうせいねんきん): employees' pension insurance
厚生施設(こうせいしせつ): welfare facility (for employees)

Watch out

更生(こうせい) (rehabilitation, reform of an offender) and 構成(こうせい) (composition) share the reading; only 厚生(こうせい) means welfare

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