印象|いんしょうinshou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounimpression
   彼女かのじょは気きの利きく女の子おんなのこである印象いんしょうを強つよく受うけた。↗

   She struck me as a tactful girl.

• SynonymイメージNeutralThe picture formed in your mind, as in 「企業イメージ」; can also act as a verb meaning to imagine, which 「印象」 cannot do.
• Synonym感想かんそうNeutralThoughts and feelings after seeing or hearing something, as in 「映画の感想」; stresses opinions you actively voice rather than the impression received.
• Synonym感じかんじNeutralThe most common everyday word for a feeling or the impression someone gives, as in 「感じのいい人」; more casual than 「印象」.
• Synonym所感しょかんWrittenA written word for one's thoughts on something, as in 「年頭所感」; typical of formal speeches and writing.
• SynonymインプレッションNeutralLoanword close to 「印象」 for the impression something gives; also means views of online ads or posts and their count, a sense 「印象」 cannot replace.
• Related感触かんしょくNeutralA feel or sense gained through contact, from the touch of an object to the response you pick up in dealings, as in 「好感触を得る」; rooted in firsthand experience.
• Related感銘かんめいWrittenBeing deeply moved, the experience engraved on your heart, as in 「深い感銘を受ける」; far stronger than 「印象」. A written, formal word.
• Related心象しんしょうWrittenA written word for an image that surfaces in the mind, used in literature and psychology; in everyday speech people say 「イメージ」.
• RelatedフィーリングCasualColloquial loanword for a feeling or a sense of whether you hit it off with someone, as in 「フィーリングが合う」; leans on gut intuition.
• Related心証しんしょうWrittenThe impression your words and behavior leave on others, as in 「心証を害する」; in law it also means the conviction a judge forms. Formal word.

Use 「印象」 for the impression a person or thing leaves on you; in casual speech say 「感じ」. Put spoken thoughts into 「感想」, mental images into 「イメージ」, and deep, lasting impressions of being moved into 「感銘」.

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

1. 見聞みききした事物じぶつが人ひとの心こころに与あたえる直接的ちょくせつてきな感かんじ。
2. 強つよく押おしつけることによって外形がいけいや輪郭りんかくを写し取うつしとること。またそのようにして写し取うつしとった型かた。