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体験 (taiken) Japanese meaning: (practical) experience | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 体験する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 体たい 験けん する 体たい 験けん しない Polite 体たい 験けん します 体たい 験けん しません Past polite 体たい 験けん しました 体たい 験けん しませんでした Past 体たい 験けん した 体たい 験けん しなかった Te-form 体たい 験けん して 体たい 験けん しないで Desire 体たい 験けん したい 体たい 験けん したくない Potential 体たい 験けん できる 体たい 験けん できない Passive 体たい 験けん される 体たい 験けん されない Causative 体たい 験けん させる 体たい 験けん させない Causative passive 体たい 験けん させられる 体たい 験けん させられない Volitional 体たい 験けん しよう Polite volitional 体たい 験けん しましょう Imperative 体たい 験けん しろ 体たい 験けん するな Conditional 体たい 験けん すれば 体たい 験けん しなければ Tara conditional 体たい 験けん したら 体たい 験けん しなかったら
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Studying abroad was a valuable experience.
I experienced the difficulty firsthand by actually operating the machine.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 体たい 験けん する to experience (something)
I experienced living abroad.
貴き 重ちょう な 体たい 験けん a precious/valuable experience
Working at the disaster site was a valuable experience.
体たい 験けん を 語かた る to talk about one's experience
He told us about his experience of the war.
体たい 験けん に 基もと づく based on (personal) experience
This novel is based on the author's own experience.
初はじ めての 体たい 験けん a first-time experience
Traveling alone was a first-time experience for me.
Kanji 験 verification, effect, testing Related words 経験 is broader, covering both direct and indirect experience and often implies accumulated knowledge or skill over time, while 体験 emphasizes a concrete, personal, often one-time event that one goes through directly.
体験 emphasizes a personally lived or firsthand experience, whereas エクスペリエンス is a borrowed English term often paired with 'user' or 'customer'.
体験 is a broader term for personal experience of any kind, whereas 体感 specifically highlights the sensory or bodily aspect of that experience.
体験 emphasizes personal, hands-on experience, while 見聞き focuses on information gained through observation (seeing and hearing) rather than doing.
Word family· 28 real experience; firsthand experience
demo version; trial version
person who has experienced something; experient
personal account; story of one's experience; testimonial
Etymology Compound of 体 (body, substance) and 験 (test, examine), literally 'to test with one's own body', conveying the idea of direct, personal experience.
re-experiencing; reliving
Show 6 more first experience; first time doing something · first sexual experience; losing one's virginity
formative experience; primal experience
sexual experience
new experience
unexperienced; never before felt; first-time
vicarious experience; reliving through imagination
