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実感

Realization


Meaning

Realization, Real Feeling, Actual Feeling

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

Your truth feeling is when you feel something is true. You have the realization this is a real feeling!


Reading

じっかん

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own. The reading for 実 gets changed to じっ so be careful!


Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 実感が持てる

    can have a real sense of something

    実感がある

    to have a solid sense of something

    実感がわく

    the realization bubbles up in one's mind

  • 実感を感じる

    to experience a realization

    実感を持つ

    to have a real sense of something

    実感を持てる

    can have a real sense of something

Context Sentences

ようやく親になる実感が持てるようになってきました。

I'm starting to feel like a real parent at last.

母が死んだという知らせを聞いても、すぐには実感できなかった。

Even when I heard the news that my mother died, it didn't feel real at first.

アメリカへ行って初めて、日本はなんと小さい国かと実感した。

Only after I went to America did I realize how small Japan really is.


Kanji Composition