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感激 (かんげき, kangeki) Japanese meaning: deep emotion | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 感激する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 感かん 激げき する 感かん 激げき しない Polite 感かん 激げき します 感かん 激げき しません Past polite 感かん 激げき しました 感かん 激げき しませんでした Past 感かん 激げき した 感かん 激げき しなかった Te-form 感かん 激げき して 感かん 激げき しないで Desire 感かん 激げき したい 感かん 激げき したくない Potential 感かん 激げき できる 感かん 激げき できない Passive 感かん 激げき される 感かん 激げき されない Causative 感かん 激げき させる 感かん 激げき させない Causative passive 感かん 激げき させられる 感かん 激げき させられない Volitional 感かん 激げき しよう Polite volitional 感かん 激げき しましょう Imperative 感かん 激げき しろ 感かん 激げき するな Conditional 感かん 激げき すれば 感かん 激げき しなければ Tara conditional 感かん 激げき したら 感かん 激げき しなかったら
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I was so moved by his speech that I cried.
The movie left the audience with a deep impression.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 感かん 激げき する to be deeply moved by something
I was deeply moved by his kindness.
〈 人ひと 〉 を 感かん 激げき させる to move someone deeply
The performance moved the audience to tears.
感かん 激げき のあまり overwhelmed with emotion
I was so overwhelmed with emotion that I couldn't find the words.
感かん 激げき の 涙なみだ を 流なが す to shed tears of deep emotion
My mother shed tears of deep emotion.
Kanji 感 emotion, feeling, sensation 激 violent, get excited, enraged Related words· 8 感動 is the general word for being emotionally moved by art, nature, or events, while 感激 implies a stronger, more personal reaction often tied to gratitude or admiration.
感銘 is a more formal, literary word for being deeply impressed and having something leave a lasting impression, whereas 感激 is more common and emotionally charged.
感激する specifically means to be deeply moved with strong emotion, whereas 感ずる is a milder, more general verb for being touched by something.
感激 is a common, everyday word for being moved or touched, while 感無量 is a formal, literary expression for emotion so intense that words fail.
Show 4 more 感激 describes being deeply moved or impressed in general, while 感涙 specifically refers to the tears that result from such emotion.
感激する describes being deeply moved or touched, a stronger and more emotional reaction than the more general 喜ぶ.
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.
感激 emphasizes being deeply moved or touched, often by someone's kindness, while 歓喜 emphasizes pure elation or exultation.
Don't confuse with 感慨 refers to deep, often reflective or nostalgic feelings (e.g. looking back on the past), while 感激 is about being emotionally moved by something admirable or touching in the moment.
歓迎 (welcome) and 感激 (being deeply moved) look and sound alike but describe different things: welcoming someone versus feeling emotionally touched.
感激 means to be deeply moved or touched by something, while 感謝 specifically means feeling thankful; they overlap when something moving also inspires gratitude but are not synonyms.
Written forms 感かん 激げき Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
カンゲキ Usage 1%
Etymology Compound of 感 (feeling, sensation) and 激 (intense, violent). The combination suggests an intense emotional stirring.
観かん 劇げき
観劇 (theatre-going) and 感激 (being deeply moved or impressed) are pronounced identically but have completely unrelated meanings.
