感かん触しょく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

feel; touch; texture; sensation

Physical tactile sensation: how something feels to the touch, its texture, or the sensation of contact.

この布ぬのの

感かん

触しょく

は

とても

柔やわ

らかい

。

The feel of this cloth is very soft.

初はじめて雪ゆきの感かん触しょくを味あじわった。

I experienced the sensation of snow for the first time.

2

noun

feeling; impression

Abstract impression or intuitive sense about a situation, person, or outcome; often used when describing a hunch or gut feeling.

彼かれの話はなしからは、成せい功こうする感かん触しょくが伝つたわってきた。
From his story, I got the feeling that it would succeed.
面めん接せつの感かん触しょくは悪わるくなかった。
My impression of the interview wasn't bad.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の感かん触しょくがするto have a certain feel/texture
このタオルは柔やわらかい感かん触しょくがする。
This towel has a soft feel to it.
〈事こと〉の感かん触しょくをつかむto get a feel for how something is going
面めん接せつの感かん触しょくをつかむのは難むずかしい。
It's hard to get a sense of how an interview went.
感かん触しょくが伝つたわるfor a texture/feel to come through (to the touch)
手て袋ぶくろ越ごしでも布ぬのの感かん触しょくが伝つたわってくる。
Even through my gloves, I could feel the texture of the cloth.
〈事こと〉の感かん触しょくを確たしかめるto feel out or gauge someone's reaction to something
上じょう司しの反はん応のうの感かん触しょくを確たしかめてから提てい案あんした。
I gauged my boss's reaction before making the proposal.

Kanji

感emotion, feeling, sensation
触contact, touch, feel

Related words· 7

手て触ざわり sense 1
手触り refers specifically to the tactile feel of touching something with the hand, while 感触 covers any bodily sensation or even an abstract impression.
印いん象しょうN3sense 2
印象 is a general impression formed about a person or thing, while 感触 in its abstract sense emphasizes a gut feeling or hunch about how things are going.
肌はだ触ざわり sense 1
肌触り describes how something feels against the skin (often clothing or bedding), whereas 感触 is broader and can apply to any contact or intuitive sense.
手て応ごたえN1sense 2
手応え describes the sense of response or reaction one gets from an action (like negotiations), while 感触 more broadly covers any intuitive impression.

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触しょっ感かん sense 1
触感 is a more technical term for the sensory quality of touch (e.g. in product design), while 感触 is the everyday word for how something feels.
触さわり
感触 is the general word for a physical or emotional impression left by touch, while 触り focuses on the raw texture felt in the moment.
質しつ感かん
感触 is a broader word for any physical sensation (including temperature, pressure, or emotional impression), whereas 質感 is narrower, focusing on a material's surface quality.

Don't confuse with

感かん傷しょう
感傷 sounds similar to 感触 but means sentimentality or wistful emotion, not a physical or intuitive sensation.

Etymology

Compound of 感 (kan, 'feeling, sensation') and 触 (shoku, 'touch, contact'). The combination naturally yields the meaning of tactile sensation and, by extension, intuitive impression.