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.

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