Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 過か 敏びん になる to become oversensitive to something
Lately he's become oversensitive to people's stares.
〈 事こと 〉 に 過か 敏びん に 反はん 応のう する to overreact to something
I overreact even to small noises.
神しん 経けい が 過か 敏びん になる for one's nerves to become oversensitive/on edge
Stress has made my nerves on edge.
Kanji 過 overdo, exceed, go beyond 敏 cleverness, agile, alert Related words 敏感 describes sensitivity in a neutral or positive sense, while 過敏 implies an excessive, often problematic degree of sensitivity.
神経質 describes a nervous, fussy personality trait in general, whereas 過敏 focuses on an excessive reaction to specific stimuli or situations.
Opposites 鈍感 means insensitive or slow to notice things, the direct opposite of 過敏 's excessive sensitivity.
過敏 describes being oversensitive and easily affected, the opposite of having 免疫 (being hardened and unaffected) to criticism or stress.
Word family· 7 hypersensitivity; oversensitivity
photosensitivity
hyperesthesia; hypersensitivity
oversensitive; nervous; hypersensitive
noise sensitivity; hyperacusis
Show 2 more Show fewer Written forms 過か 敏びん Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in news and formal contexts.
かびん Usage 1%
Etymology Formed from 過 (excess) and 敏 (sensitive, quick). The combination straightforwardly yields 'excessive sensitivity'.
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