サスペンス

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Used especially for the genre or feeling of suspense in films, novels, and stories.

This movie keeps the suspense going until the very end.

〈物もの〉はサスペンスに満みちている〈thing〉 is full of suspense
この映えい画がはサスペンスに満みちていて、最さい後ごまで目めが離はなせなかった。
This movie was full of suspense, and I couldn't take my eyes off it until the end.
サスペンスを高たかめるto heighten the suspense
音おん楽がくが場ば面めんのサスペンスを一いっ層そう高たかめていた。
The music heightened the suspense of the scene even more.

緊きん張ちょう感かんN2
サスペンス refers specifically to the suspenseful genre or feeling in stories and films, while 緊張感 is the broader everyday word for a feeling of tension in any situation.
スリラー
サスペンス covers suspenseful dramas and mysteries broadly, while スリラー is the specific loanword for the thriller genre.
クライムストーリー
サスペンス highlights tension and anticipation, whereas クライムストーリー is a broader genre label centered on crime and its aftermath.
ミステリー
サスペンス emphasizes tension and suspense, while ミステリー emphasizes a puzzle or mystery to be solved.

スリラー
サスペンス emphasizes anxious anticipation about what will happen, whereas スリラー is a genre label centered on shock, fear, and thrills, so the two overlap but are not identical.
ミステリー
サスペンス is about tension and dread over an outcome, while ミステリー centers on solving a puzzle or crime, so they are related but distinct story genres.
サスペンション
サスペンション (vehicle/chemical suspension) and サスペンス (dramatic suspense, as in a thriller) sound alike but are unrelated in meaning.

Loanword from English 'suspense'.