情感|じょうかんjoukan[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounfeeling; sensitivity; emotion

• Synonym感情かんじょうNeutralThe broadest, most common word for emotions such as joy and anger. Where 「情感」 is literary and suggests delicate sensibility, 「感情」 works for feelings of any kind.
• Synonym情緒じょうちょNeutralCovers the charm or atmosphere of a place or thing, and also one's emotional state, as in 「情緒不安定」; it stresses ambiance over feeling itself.
• Synonym情じょうNeutralCovers emotion but also human warmth and compassion, as in 「情が移る」; broader in social nuance than 「情感」's refined feeling.
• Synonym心情しんじょうNeutralInner feelings felt in the heart, as in 「心情を察する」; it highlights the feelings of someone in a particular situation, not refined emotion.
• SynonymエモーションNeutralA loanword for emotion, used mainly in artistic and psychological contexts; more technical in flavor than 「情感」.
• Related気持ちきもちNeutralThe everyday word for how you feel at a given moment. Far more common in daily use than 「情感」, which stays literary and points to refined feeling.
• Related思いおもいNeutralRefers to thoughts, wishes and feelings held for people or things, as in 「平和への思い」. 「情感」 is narrower, denoting delicate, refined emotion.
• Related気分きぶんNeutralA momentary mood or physical-emotional state, as in 「気分がいい」. It describes how you are right now, not refined feeling like 「情感」.
• Related感じかんじCasualA colloquial word for the impression or feel of something, as in 「いい感じ」; common in speech, without 「情感」's literary depth.
• Related心地ここちNeutralA sensation or state of mind, often as a suffix as in 「夢見心地」; it stresses the felt state you are in, not the refined sensibility of 「情感」.
• Related情意じょういWrittenA written term combining feeling and will, leaning toward psychology and academic prose; not for everyday talk about emotions.
• Related情調じょうちょうWrittenA written word for mood or flavor, typically in set expressions like 「異国情調」; its focus is the atmosphere something evokes rather than delicate feeling as such.
• Related情動じょうどうNeutralA psychology term for sudden, intense surges of emotion; technical, unlike the literary nuance of 「情感」.
• RelatedセンチメントNeutralA loanword for sentiment, often with a sentimental tinge; it sees relatively little use.
• Antonym理性りせいNeutralThe antonym: reason, the capacity to think logically; the direct opposite of feeling words like 「情感」.

Use 「情感」 for delicate, refined feeling with a literary touch, as in 「情感豊かな演奏」 or 「情感を込める」. For emotions in general say 「感情」, and for everyday moods say 「気持ち」. 「情緒」 and 「情調」 point to atmosphere, 「気分」 to a momentary state, while 「情動」 and 「エモーション」 are technical. The opposite of feeling is 「理性」.

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1. 物事ものごとに接せっしたときに起おこる心こころの動うごき。