How to say "feeling" in Japanese

• 感じかんじJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'feeling' as an impression or the sense something gives you — how a place, person, or situation seems. Typical when commenting that something has a nice, strange, or somehow indescribable feel to it.
  その部屋へやは居心地いごこちの良よい感かんじがした。↗

  The room had a nice cozy feel.
• 気持ちきもちJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe word for what one feels inside: emotions, desires, and states of mind, whether pleasant or unpleasant. Use it when talking about your own or another person's feelings — being glad, uneasy, moved, or grateful.
• 気分きぶんJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounRefers to how you feel at a given moment — your mood, spirits, or physical condition. Typical when saying you feel sick or refreshed, or are in (or not in) the mood for something.
  とても気分きぶんがリフレッシュされる。↗

  I feel like a brand new person.
• 感覚かんかくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'feeling' as physical sensation perceived through touch or the body, and by extension a feel or intuition for something. Typical when describing numbness, texture, or a knack for an activity.
  私は指ゆびに感覚かんかくが無なかった。↗

  I had no feeling in my fingers.
• 感情かんじょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveDenotes emotion itself — joy, anger, sadness, and the like — often contrasted with reason. Typical when talking about expressing, holding back, or being overwhelmed by emotion; not for passing moods or hunches.
  トムは自分じぶんの感情かんじょうをぐっと抑おさえた。↗

  Tom got a grip on his emotions.

Use 「気持ち」 for inner feelings and emotional states, 気分 for one's momentary mood or physical condition, 「感じ」 for impressions or the feel of something, 感覚 for physical sensation or intuition, and 感情 for emotion as such.

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

• 感じかんじfeeling
• 気持ちきもちfeeling
• 気分きぶんfeeling
• 感覚かんかくsense
• 感情かんじょうemotion
• 気味きみsensation
• 心地ここちfeeling
• フィーリングfeeling
• 心持ちこころもちfeeling
• 情緒じょうちょemotion
• 情感じょうかんfeeling
• 小気味こきみsentiment
• 念ねんsense
• 気配けはいindication
• 思いやりおもいやりconsideration
• 肌合いはだあいdisposition
• 感かんfeeling
• 気けsign
• 胸糞むなくそfeeling
• 情意じょういfeeling
• 感取かんしゅfeeling
• 応えごたえresponse
• バイブスvibes
• 感触かんしょくfeeling
• 触手しょくしゅtouching (with one's hand)
• モードstate (of mind)
• 艶つやinterest
• バイブvibe
• 色いろappearance
• 声こえsense (of something's arrival)
• 空そらstate of mind
• のり(getting into the) mood