How to say "experience" in Japanese

• 経験けいけんJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe word for experience as events one has lived through or ability gained from them, covering both single experiences and accumulated background such as work or life experience.
  この仕事しごとでは経験けいけんがものを言ゆう。↗

  Experience counts in this job.
• 感ずるかんずるJLPT N2approx.Common
  ichidan verb (-zuru), transitive verb, intransitive verbA verb meaning to feel or sense; choose it when 'experience' means undergoing an emotion or sensation — experiencing joy, grief, or a strange feeling — not for experience as accumulated background.
  人生じんせいから非常ひじょうな喜よろこびを感かんずる。↗

  I get a kick out of life.
• 歴れきCommon
  suffixPoints to experience as a record or history — the course of a person's past or career. On its own it is seldom the word you want for 'experience'; 経験 is the natural choice there.
  なぜかうまくいかず、目下もっか全戦ぜんせん全敗ぜんぱい、「彼女かのじょいない歴れき＝自分じぶんの年齢ねんれい」という寂さびしい生活せいかつを送おくっていました。↗

  For some reason it didn't go well, shot down at every attempt, and he led a sad "History of no girlfriend = Age" life.
• 覚えおぼえJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers experience as something remembered — an event one has undergone that remains as a memory or impression. It shades toward 'recollection,' so it suits a remembered experience rather than accumulated experience.
  どこかであなたにお会あいした覚おぼえがあります。↗

  I remember seeing you somewhere.
• 慣れなれJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounIts 'experience' is the familiarity that comes from doing something repeatedly — experience as habituation or practice. It does not refer to experiences as events or to a record of one's past.

Use 経験 for experience as things lived through or accumulated; 「感ずる」 for experiencing a feeling or sensation; 歴 for a record or history; 「覚え」 for a remembered experience; 「慣れ」 for familiarity gained through practice.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 経験けいけんexperience
• 感ずるかんずるto feel
• 歴れきexperience
• 覚えおぼえmemory
• 慣れなれpractice
• 熟練じゅくれんskill
• エクスペリエンスexperience
• 見聞きみききinformation
• 見聞けんぶんinformation
• 感じるかんじるto feel
• 体感たいかんbodily sensation
• 場慣ればなれexperience
• 目にあうめにあうto experience (something unpleasant)
• 目を見るめをみるto experience
• 練度れんどskill
• 練熟れんじゅくproficiency
• 見聞くみきくto see and hear
• 体験たいけん(practical) experience
• 味あじexperience
• 勉強べんきょうexperience
• 触れるふれるto experience
• 踏むふむto experience
• 味わうあじわうto experience
• 経るへるto experience
• なめるto experience (esp. a hardship)
• 歩むあゆむto tread (a figurative path)
• みるto experience
• 知るしるto experience
• 思いおもいfeelings