How to say "impress" in Japanese

• 印象付けるいんしょうづけるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers the plain sense of 'to impress (someone)': to fix an impression in a person's mind. Typical when you want an interviewer or an audience to come away with a clear, lasting impression of you.
• 圧倒あっとうCommon
  suru verb, transitive verb, nounCovers the strong, emotional sense of 'impress': to overwhelm or move someone, filling them with emotion. It is not the word for merely making a good impression; use it when something sweeps the viewer away.
  彼かれは彼女かのじょの愛情あいじょうの強つよさに圧倒あっとうされた。↗

  He was overwhelmed by the intensity of her love.

Use 「印象付ける」 when you mean to impress someone in the sense of leaving an impression on them; use 圧倒 when something impresses so strongly that it overwhelms the person with emotion.

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• 印象付けるいんしょうづけるto impress (someone)
• 心を捉えるこころをとらえるto impress
• 心を動かすこころをうごかすto impress
• 極印ごくいんhallmark
• 心を打つこころをうつto touch (a person's) heart
• 圧倒あっとうto overwhelm (someone with emotion)
• 圧巻あっかんto stun
• 焼き付けるやきつけるto burn into (one's memory)
• 駆り出すかりだすto impress
• 映ずるえいずるto impress (a person)
• 映じるえいじるto impress (a person)
• 打つうつto move