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心中 (しんちゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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He rarely reveals his true feelings.
I sympathize with your feelings.
Usage patterns 心しん 中ちゅう を 明あ かす to reveal one's true feelings
He finally revealed his true feelings.
〈 人ひと〉 〉 の 心中しんちゅう を 察さっ する to guess/sympathize with someone's inner feelings
Sensing what she must be feeling inside, I couldn't find the words.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 心しん 中ちゅう を 思おも う to think about someone's inner feelings
Related words 本心 emphasizes true feelings hidden behind a facade or pretense, while 心中 is a more neutral term for one's inner thoughts as a whole.
内心 focuses on what one thinks inside as opposed to what one says or does, whereas 心中 more broadly covers one's whole inner state of feeling.
気持ち is the everyday, casual word for feelings or mood, while 心中 is a literary term used mainly in set phrases like 心中を察する.
心中 (しんちゅう) is the more common modern word for one's inner feelings, while 胸中 is slightly more literary and appears mostly in set phrases.
心中 is a formal word for what is in one's heart at a given moment, while 胸襟 specifically evokes the image of opening or baring that heart to another person.
Etymology Compound of 心 (しん, heart, mind) and 中 (ちゅう, inside). The meaning is transparently 'inside one's heart/mind'.
Thinking about the feelings of a child who lost their parent, it breaks my heart.
