How to say "susceptible" in Japanese
- 多感たかんna-adjective, nounCovers 'susceptible' in the emotional, impressionable sense—readily moved or influenced because of youth or temperament. Most natural of people, especially teenagers: 多感な年頃 means an impressionable age.
- 敏感びんかんna-adjective, nounCovers 'susceptible' as readily or sharply reactive—to stimuli, criticism, trends, or changes. Also the everyday word for 'sensitive' (sensitive skin, sensitive to cold). The broader and more frequent choice of the two.
For 'susceptible' in the sense of being emotionally or impressionably affected, 多感 fits; for being sensitive or readily reactive to stimuli, criticism, or influence, 敏感 is the usual choice.
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