官かん能のう

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Meanings

the senses; sensory faculties

Refers to the physical senses (sight, hearing, etc.) as a collective concept. Often used in formal or literary contexts.

sensuality; carnality

Often implies sexual or physical pleasure. Common in literary and artistic descriptions.

〈人ひと〉の官かん能のうを刺し激げきするto stimulate someone's senses/sensuality
その香こう水すいは官かん能のうを刺し激げきすると言いわれている。
That perfume is said to stimulate the senses.
官かん能のうに訴うったえるto appeal to the senses
この映えい画がは官かん能のうに訴うったえる映えい像ぞう美びが特とく徴ちょうだ。
This film is known for visuals that appeal to the senses.

感かん覚かくN3sense 1
感覚 refers to an individual sensation or the general faculty of sensing, while 官能 more often frames the senses collectively, especially with a physical or sensual nuance.
情じょう欲よく sense 2
情欲 emphasizes carnal desire or lust itself, whereas 官能 refers more broadly to sensual pleasure or the capacity for physical sensation.
五ご感かんN1sense 1
五感 specifically names the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch), while 官能 is a more abstract, literary term for sensory experience as a whole.

感かん応のう
感応 (かんのう) sounds identical to 官能 but means a sympathetic response or reaction, unrelated to sensuality or the senses.

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From Middle Chinese 官能 (kwan nong), literally 'official function', later extended to mean 'sensory function' in Japanese.