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経験 (けいけん, keiken) Japanese meaning: experience | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Conjugation 経験する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 経けい 験けん する 経けい 験けん しない Polite 経けい 験けん します 経けい 験けん しません Past polite 経けい 験けん しました 経けい 験けん しませんでした Past 経けい 験けん した 経けい 験けん しなかった Te-form 経けい 験けん して 経けい 験けん しないで Desire 経けい 験けん したい 経けい 験けん したくない Potential 経けい 験けん できる 経けい 験けん できない Passive 経けい 験けん される 経けい 験けん されない Causative 経けい 験けん させる 経けい 験けん させない Causative passive 経けい 験けん させられる 経けい 験けん させられない Volitional 経けい 験けん しよう Polite volitional 経けい 験けん しましょう Imperative 経けい 験けん しろ 経けい 験けん するな Conditional 経けい 験けん すれば 経けい 験けん しなければ Tara conditional 経けい 験けん したら 経けい 験けん しなかったら
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Do you have experience working abroad?
He experienced a major failure and became stronger.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 経けい 験けん する to go through/experience something
He experienced a major failure when he was young.
経けい 験けん から 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something based on/from experience
She gave accurate advice based on her experience.
経けい 験けん 豊ほう 富ふ な 〈 人ひと 〉 a person rich in experience
An experienced instructor will guide us.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 〈 事こと 〉 を 経けい 験けん させる to have someone experience something
The company has new employees experience a variety of jobs.
Expressions· 7 経けい 験けん あり having experienced; having had the experience (of) Show 2 more 経けい 験けん を 問と わず no experience necessary; regardless of experience 経けい 験けん を 生い かす draw on one's experience; make good use of one's experience Kanji 経 sutra, longitude, pass thru 験 verification, effect, testing Related words· 13 経験 covers broad, accumulated experience or skill gained over time, while 体験 emphasizes a single, personal, hands-on experience one goes through.
経験 is the general word for having experienced something, while 慣れ specifically refers to the comfort or skill gained through repeated exposure.
経験 is the general, neutral word for experience, while 味 in this sense emphasizes the lingering personal feel or savor of having gone through something.
経験 is the everyday native Japanese word for experience, while エクスペリエンス is a loanword mostly used in tech or business contexts like UX design.
Show 9 more 経験する is the neutral, everyday word for having an experience, while 踏む is used metaphorically to describe going through a dangerous or intense situation, as in 修羅場を踏む.
年功 specifically means the seniority or credit earned from years of service, while 経験 is the broader, more common word for any kind of experience.
経験する is the common verb for experiencing something, while 経る is a more literary way to express having gone through an experience, often as ~を経て.
Don't confuse with 経験 refers to individual experiences or accumulated know-how, whereas 経歴 refers to one's overall personal or career history/record.
経営 (management/running a business) and 経験 (experience) share the kanji 経 and are easily mixed up despite having unrelated meanings.
Etymology From Middle Chinese 經驗 (experience). The kanji 経 means 'to pass through' and 験 means 'to test' or 'effect', together conveying the idea of going through and testing something.
経験 is direct personal experience gained through doing something, while 見聞 emphasizes knowledge gained more passively through seeing and hearing.
経験 refers to the experience itself, while 経験値 measures the quantity or level of that experience, especially in skill or game contexts.
経験 is the plain, general word for experience, whereas 年輪 is a literary metaphor comparing accumulated life experience to tree rings.
経験 refers to the actual lived experience itself, while 覚え often points to a remembered familiarity with something rather than the experience proper.
経験する is a neutral word for having an experience, while 味わう adds emotional or sensory depth, especially with words like 苦労 or 勝利.
経験 covers any kind of lived experience, whereas 見聞き specifically refers to knowledge gained through the senses of sight and hearing.
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empirical; from experience
amount of experience; experience level · experience point; exp; XP
Show 5 more rule of thumb; empirical rule
level of experience; background
experiential; empirical; based on experience
experienced person; person with experience
personal account; story of one's experience
