簡易保険
かんいほけん postal life insurance
Why it means this
簡易 (simplified) + 保険 (insurance) — Japan's former postal life insurance (kampo), sold without a medical exam.
Breakdown
- 簡 カン simplicity, brevity
- 易 エキ easy, ready to, simple
- 保 ホ protect, guarantee, keep
- 険 ケン precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position
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