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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

健康飲料

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kenkō-inryō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Health drink/ˈhɛlθ drɪŋk/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"毎朝、栄養価の高い健康飲料を飲んでいます。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A beverage marketed as having specific health benefits, often containing added vitamins, minerals, herbs, or nutritional supplements.

    "She starts every morning with a nourishing health-drink packed with antioxidants and superfoods."
  2. 2

    Any functional drink consumed primarily to promote physical well-being or enhance athletic recovery.

    "After a grueling workout at the gym, the athletes rehydrated with a protein-rich health-drink."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the Old English 'hǣlþ' meaning wholeness or soundness, with the Germanic 'drincan' referring to liquid consumption. The pairing emerged prominently in the 20th century alongside commercial wellness and functional nutrition movements to describe beverages purported to confer health benefits.

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