Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 のセンスがいい to have good taste in something
He has good taste in clothes.
〈 事こと 〉 のセンスがない to lack taste or a good eye for something
She has no talent for cooking.
センスを 磨みが く to hone one's sense of taste
Designers are always honing their sense of style.
センスが 光ひか る for one's flair or talent to shine through
The interior design of this room really shows a great sense of style.
Related words 趣味 means a hobby or personal preference, while センス refers to an innate sense of style or aesthetic judgment.
感覚 is a broad term for physical sensation or general perception, whereas センス is specifically about aesthetic or intuitive taste.
感性 refers to one's inner sensitivity or capacity to feel and appreciate things, while センス is the outward, judged quality of taste in a given area.
センス refers to a trained aesthetic or practical sense (e.g. fashion sense), while 勘 is a more instinctive, situational gut feeling.
センス is a casual loanword covering taste in fashion or design generally, while 美意識 is a more formal term focused specifically on aesthetic judgment.
Word family· 10 nonsense; absurdity · terrible taste; unstylish
tasteful; stylish; tactful
refined taste; good taste; stylish
common sense
sense data
Show 5 more Show fewer Etymology Borrowed from English 'sense'. The meaning narrowed in Japanese to focus on aesthetic or intuitive judgment rather than the five senses or general meaning.
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