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情緒 (じょうちょ, joucho) Japanese meaning: emotion | Kotomora
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じょう
緒ちょ
が
豊ゆた
か
で
、
すぐ
に
感かん
動どう
し
て
涙なみだ
を
流なが
す
。
She is emotionally rich and easily moved to tears.
This poem is filled with deep emotion.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 情じょう 緒ちょ を 育はぐく む to nurture someone's emotional sensibility
It's important to nurture a child's emotional sensibility.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 情じょう 緒ちょ がある a place has a distinctive, charming atmosphere
This town has an old-fashioned charm.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 情じょう 緒ちょ を 感かん じる to feel a nostalgic or evocative atmosphere in a place
I felt a nostalgic charm in the old streets.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 情じょう 緒ちょ が 漂ただよ う a certain atmosphere lingers over a place
An old-fashioned atmosphere lingers in this hot spring town.
情じょう 緒ちょ 豊ゆた かな 〈 物もの 〉 rich in atmosphere or emotional depth
This novel's charm lies in its emotionally rich descriptions.
Kanji 情 feelings, emotion, passion 緒 thong, beginning, inception Related words· 7 感情 is the plain, general word for an emotion, while 情緒 suggests a subtler, more refined or aesthetic emotional quality.
雰囲気 is the everyday word for the atmosphere of a place or situation, while 情緒 adds a nuance of nostalgic or cultural charm.
風情 emphasizes the visual, tasteful charm of a scene, while 情緒 more broadly covers the emotional mood a place or thing evokes.
情緒 refers to emotional atmosphere or sentiment in a more literary, subtle sense, whereas 喜怒哀楽 explicitly lists the range of human emotions from joy to sorrow.
Show 3 more 情緒 describes an emotion-tinged mood or atmosphere often tied to a place or scene, whereas 情感 points to the inner emotional feeling or sensitivity itself.
情緒 is a broader word for mood or emotional atmosphere, whereas 叙情 specifically denotes the lyrical expression of personal feeling in art or poetry.
情緒 is a broader word for emotional atmosphere or sentiment in general, while ペーソス specifically points to a bittersweet, pity-evoking tone.
Etymology From Chinese 情緒／情绪 (qíngxù), meaning 'emotion' or 'mood'. The reading じょうしょ reflects an older Sino-Japanese borrowing, while じょうちょ is a later, more colloquial development.
ちょ
障しょう
害がい
emotional disturbance; emotional disorder
Edo-period atmosphere; old Tokyo charm
