感かんじる

ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb

feel; sense; experience

Broad everyday use for physical sensations, emotions, impressions, and sensing signs or atmosphere. Often takes を, as in 痛みを感じる or 危険を感じる, but can also appear without a direct object.

• 足あしに強つよい痛いたみを感かんじた。

  I felt a strong pain in my leg.

• 彼かれの話はなしを聞きいて、少すこし不ふ安あんを感かんじた。

  Listening to him, I felt a little uneasy.

• 朝あさの空くう気きに春はるを感かんじる。

  I sense spring in the morning air.

ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb

be moved; be touched; be impressed; respond emotionally

Used when something affects the heart or makes an impression. In modern Japanese this often appears in expressions such as 感じるものがある or 感じるところがある; for a clear, direct 'be deeply moved,' 感動する is often more straightforward.

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばには深ふかく感かんじるところがあった。

  There was something deeply moving about his words.

• その映えい画がには、何なん度ど見みても感かんじるものがある。

  That film has something moving about it no matter how many times I watch it.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

catch an illness; become infected

Dated and rare in this medical sense. Modern Japanese normally uses 病気にかかる, 風邪をひく, or 感染する instead.

• 古ふるい用よう法ほうでは、「病やまいに感かんじる」は「病びょう気きにかかる」という意い味みを表あらわす。

  In older usage, 病に感じる means to fall ill.