How to say "inspired" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 天来てんらいno-adjectiveReally means 'heaven-sent' or 'divine'; its 'inspired' sense is the special one where a work or idea seems to come from above. As a translation of 'inspired' it is a less common, narrow choice.
- 感奮かんぷんnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'inspired' in the sense of stirred up and moved to action: a person roused to enthusiasm, as by a speech or cause, and galvanized into doing something. A less common word.
Use 天来 for the sense of 'inspired' meaning divinely, heaven-sent — as if a work or idea came from above — and 感奮 for a person stirred up and moved to action; both are less common.
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