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震撼させる (しんかんさせる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
shake ; shock ; rock
Causative form of 震撼, used to describe something that profoundly shakes or shocks a person, group, or the world. Often used in news or dramatic contexts.
の
突とつ
然ぜん
の
死し
は
地ち
域いき
社しゃ
会かい
を
震しん
撼かん
さ
せ
た
。
His sudden death shocked the local community.
Similar words 震しん 撼かん 震撼 is the base noun/suru-verb meaning 'trembling' or 'shock'; 震撼させる is its causative form, meaning 'to cause to shake' or 'to shock'.
衝しょう 撃げき を 与あた える 衝撃を与える is a common phrase for 'to give a shock', while 震撼させる is more literary and implies a deeper, often societal or emotional upheaval.
Etymology Causative form of 震撼 (shinkan), which is a compound of 震 (shin, 'tremble') and 撼 (kan, 'shake'). The causative ending させる adds the meaning 'to cause to'.
