How to say "touch" in Japanese

• 触れるふれるJLPT N3approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbCovers the act of touching or feeling something, usually with light, gentle contact; used when a hand lightly brushes a surface or when skin comes into contact with something.
  何なんかが足あしに触ふれるのを感かんじた。↗

  I felt something touch my feet.
• 触るさわるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verbCovers deliberately touching or handling something, typically with the hand; typical contexts include warnings and requests not to touch goods on display or other people's belongings.
• タッチCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe English loanword for touch or touching; typical in sports talk, such as a player's touch on the ball, and in comments on an artist's touch.
• 接触せっしょくJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbDenotes contact between two things or people, often physical; typical in news reports of collisions or unwanted physical contact, and in talk of getting in contact with someone.
  彼かれは私が誘拐ゆうかい犯人はんにんと接触せっしょく出来できるようにしてくれた。↗

  He put me in touch with the kidnappers.
• 接するせっするJLPT N2approx.Common
  suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbCovers touching or coming into contact with something, and one thing bordering or adjoining another, such as a garden adjoining a house.

Use 「触る」 for handling or touching something, 「触れる」 for light contact or feeling, 「接する」 for coming into contact with or bordering on something, 接触 for contact as an event, and 「タッチ」 for the loanword in sports and technical contexts.

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

• 触れるふれるto touch
• 触るさわるto touch
• タッチtouch
• 接触せっしょくtouch
• 接するせっするto touch
• 届くとどくto reach
• いじるto finger
• コンタクトcontact
• 感触かんしょくfeel (of something)
• 肌触りはだざわりfeel
• 触れ合うふれあうto come into contact with
• 手触りてざわりfeel
• 筆致ひっちstroke of the brush
• 気けsign
• いらうto touch
• 指触りゆびざわりtouch (of an object, when touching it with one's fingers)
• 触そくcontact
• 触りさわりfeel
• 心を動かすこころをうごかすto impress
• 金の無心かねのむしんrequest for money
• 相接するあいせっするto be adjacent (with each other)
• 手をかけるてをかけるto lay hands on
• 手をやるてをやるto put one's hand on
• っ気っけsign
• 当たるあたるto touch
• きらいtendency
• ワンタッチtouch (of the ball before it lands out of bounds; in volleyball)
• かすれるto graze
• 触れふれtouch
• 打つうつto move
• あたりsensation