感かん傷しょう

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Meanings

Refers to an emotional, often tender or nostalgic, state of mind. Can carry a slightly negative nuance of being overly emotional or maudlin.

彼かれの話はなしは感かん傷しょうに満みちていた。
His story was full of sentiment.
感かん傷しょうに浸ひたるのはもうやめよう。
Let's stop indulging in sentimentality.

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Kanji

感emotion, feeling, sensation
傷wound, hurt, injure

Related words

感かん慨がいN1
感傷 refers to sentimental, often melancholic feelings, while 感慨 is a broader, reflective emotion that can be positive or bittersweet.
情じょう感かん
感傷 specifically means wistful or sentimental feeling (often tinged with sadness), while 情感 is broader, covering any deep emotional sensitivity.

Don't confuse with

感かん触しょくN1
感傷 sounds similar to 感触 but means sentimentality or wistful emotion, not a physical or intuitive sensation.
干かん渉しょうN1
感傷 (sentimentality, being sentimental) is an unrelated homophone of 干渉 (interference) that learners can easily mix up by sound.

Word family

感かん傷しょう劇げき
sentimental drama
感かん傷しょう家か
sentimentalist
感かん傷しょう的てき
sentimental; emotional; maudlin
感かん傷しょう主しゅ義ぎ
sentimentalism
感かん傷しょう主しゅ義ぎ者しゃ
sentimentalist

Etymology

Compound of 感 (かん, 'feeling') and 傷 (しょう, 'wound'), suggesting an emotion that touches or wounds the heart. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination is conventionally associated with the meaning of sentimentality.