実感

Japanese

Kanji in this term
実	感
じつ > じっ Grade: 3	かん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
實感 (kyūjitai)

Noun

実(じっ)感(かん) • (jikkan) 

1. actual feeling

   嬉(うれ)しいというのが実感(じっかん)だ

   ureshii to iu no ga jikkan da

   What I really feel is happiness.

2. the feeling when it hits one, the feeling of something when it sinks in or registers

   宝(たから)くじを当(あ)てたが、実感(じっかん)が湧(わ)かない。

   Takarakuji o ateta ga, jikkan ga wakanai.

   It still hasn't really hit me yet that I actually won the lottery.

Related terms

• 現実感

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.