Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 敏びん 感かん だ to be sensitive/attuned to something
She is sensitive to trends.
敏びん 感かん に 反はん 応のう する to react sensitively (to something)
This machine reacts sensitively to changes in temperature.
敏びん 感かん になる to become sensitive
During pregnancy, one becomes sensitive to smells.
敏びん 感かん な 〈 事こと 〉 a sensitive (delicate) matter or topic
That is a politically sensitive issue.
Kanji 敏 cleverness, agile, alert 感 emotion, feeling, sensation Related words· 9 敏感 describes noticing or reacting to stimuli quickly and is neutral or even positive, while 過敏 implies an excessive, often negative overreaction.
鋭い emphasizes sharpness of perception, intuition, or intellect, whereas 敏感 focuses on quick, often physical or automatic responsiveness to stimuli.
神経質 describes a nervous, fussy personality that worries over small things, while 敏感 simply means quick to notice or respond, without the personality judgment.
敏感 is the everyday word for sensitivity, including emotional sensitivity, while 鋭敏 is more formal and stresses sharp, acute perception of the senses or mind.
Show 5 more Show fewer 敏 is a general term for quickness or sharpness, while 敏感 specifically emphasizes being highly sensitive or responsive to stimuli.
敏感 stresses acute physical or emotional sensitivity, while デリケート often adds a nuance of fragility or the need for careful handling.
敏感 describes general sensitivity to stimuli or emotions, whereas 目ざとい is narrowly about quick visual notice or light sleep.
敏感 is an adjective describing someone as easily affected or reactive, whereas 感受性 is the noun naming that underlying capacity.
敏感 describes being quick to react or perceive (e.g. to stimuli or criticism), while 繊細 describes a delicate, easily-affected inner sensitivity or fineness of form.
Opposites 鈍感 means dull or slow to notice things, the direct opposite of 敏感 , which means quick and alert to stimuli.
敏感 means quick to perceive or be affected by things, the opposite of 無神経 's dull insensitivity to others' feelings.
敏感 means highly sensitive and quick to react, the opposite of 無反応 which means showing no reaction at all.
Don't confuse with 敏感 shares the kanji 敏 with 敏腕 but means sensitive or perceptive, not capable or skilled at one's job.
敏感 shares the kanji 敏 but means sensitive or perceptive, not quick in action like 敏速 .
敏感 means sensitive to stimuli or feelings, while 機敏 means quick and clever in action, despite sharing the kanji 敏 .
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Etymology Composed of 敏 (quick, alert) and 感 (feeling, sensation). The combination naturally yields 'quick to feel'.
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