感かん慨がい無む量りょう

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ん

が

い

む

りょ

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Common word

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective

deep emotion; overwhelming emotion

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo expressing a state of being deeply moved or filled with profound emotion, often used in formal or literary contexts.

長なが年

ねん

の

努ど

力りょく

が

実みの

り

、

感かん

慨がい

無む

量りょう

の

思おも

い

で

いっぱい

です

。

After years of effort have borne fruit, I am filled with deep emotion.

彼かれは感かん慨がい無む量りょうの面おも持もちで卒そつ業ぎょう証しょう書しょを受うけ取とった。

He received his diploma with an expression of profound emotion.

Usage patterns

感かん慨がい無む量りょうになるto become filled with deep, overwhelming emotion
卒そつ業ぎょう式しきで恩おん師しの顔かおを見みて感かん慨がい無む量りょうになった。
Seeing my old teacher's face at the graduation ceremony, I was overwhelmed with emotion.
感かん慨がい無む量りょうの面おも持もちでwith a look of deep, overwhelming emotion
彼かれは感かん慨がい無む量りょうの面おも持もちで昔むかしの写しゃ真しんを眺ながめていた。

Kanji

感emotion, feeling, sensation
慨rue, be sad, sigh
無nothingness, none, ain't
量quantity, measure, weight

Related words

感かん無む量りょうN1
感慨無量 is the full four-character yojijukugo for being deeply moved, while 感無量 is its shortened, more casual counterpart with the same meaning.
感かん慨がい深ぶかい
感慨無量 is a noun/na-adjective describing an overwhelming state of deep emotion, while 感慨深い is an i-adjective meaning something is deeply moving or poignant.
感かん激げきN3
感激 is a common, everyday word for being emotionally moved or touched (often with gratitude or excitement), whereas 感慨無量 is a more formal, literary expression for profound, often reflective emotion.
感かん動どうN3
感動 is the general, everyday term for being moved emotionally by something, while 感慨無量 specifically conveys an overwhelming, often nostalgic depth of feeling and sounds more formal.

Built from

感かん慨がい+無む量りょう

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of 感慨 (deep emotion) and 無量 (immeasurable). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the phrase conventionally expresses an overwhelming depth of feeling.

He gazed at the old photographs with a look of deep emotion.