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It is not until you get sick that you realize the value of good health.
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Vocabulary list

byoukininaru

te-form

byoukininatte
expression, godan verb
  1. to fall ill; to be taken ill
byouki
noun, no adjective, suru verb
  1. illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. colds); disease; sickness
noun, no adjective
  1. weirdness; bad habit; bad behaviour; craziness; perversion
ninattehajimete
expression
  1. (it was) not until; (it was) only when
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
naru

te-form

natte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
hajimete
adverb
  1. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ... (after the -te form of a verb)
kenkou
noun
  1. health
na adjective
  1. healthy; sound; fit; wholesome
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
kachi
noun
  1. value; worth; merit
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
wakaru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow
  2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
interjection
  1. I know!; I think so too!

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