親しん近きん感かん

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Meanings

affinity; feeling of closeness; sense of kinship

Describes a subjective feeling of familiarity, warmth, or connection toward a person, group, or thing, often without a deep personal relationship.

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Even though it was our first meeting, I somehow felt a sense of closeness with him.

同おなじ故こ郷きょうの出しゅっ身しんだと聞きいて、急きゅうに親しん近きん感かんが湧わいた。

When I heard we were from the same hometown, I suddenly felt an affinity.

〈人ひと〉に親しん近きん感かんを持もつto feel a sense of closeness toward someone
同おなじ出しゅっ身しん地ちだと知しって、彼かれに親しん近きん感かんを持もった。
Learning we were from the same hometown, I felt a sense of closeness to him.
〈人ひと〉に親しん近きん感かんを覚おぼえるto feel a sudden sense of affinity toward someone
初はじめて会あったのに、なぜか親しん近きん感かんを覚おぼえた。
Even though it was our first meeting, I somehow felt an affinity toward him.
〈人ひと〉との親しん近きん感かんが増ますthe sense of closeness with someone grows
何なん度ども話はなすうちに、彼かの女じょとの親しん近きん感かんが増ました。
〈物もの〉に親しん近きん感かんがあるto feel a sense of affinity toward something
その方ほう言げんにはどこか親しん近きん感かんがある。
There's something about that dialect that feels familiar to me.

親したしみN2
親しみ is a broader feeling of familiarity or friendliness toward something well-known, while 親近感 specifically implies a sense of kinship or personal connection even with someone new.
共きょう感かんN1
共感 means empathy or sharing someone's feelings, whereas 親近感 is more about a perceived bond or affinity without necessarily sharing emotions.

反はん感かんN1
反感 describes a feeling of hostility or antipathy toward someone, the opposite of the warm closeness expressed by 親近感.

親しん密みつ感かん
親密感 implies a deeper sense of intimacy built through close relationship, while 親近感 can arise quickly toward someone unfamiliar based on shared traits or background.

Compound of 親近 (shinkin, 'intimacy, closeness') and 感 (kan, 'feeling, sense'). The word is a relatively modern Sino-Japanese coinage.

As we talked many times, my sense of closeness with her grew.