感応|かんのうkannou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbresponsiveness; responding; sensitivity; sympathy; sympathizing; sympathising
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdivine response (e.g. to a prayer)
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdivine inspiration
- suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectiveinduction (electromagnetism); inducing
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 感応する(かんのうする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 感応します(かんのうします) |
| Negative (nai) | 感応しない(かんのうしない) |
| polite (masen) | 感応しません(かんのうしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 感応せず・感応せぬ(かんのうせず・かんのうせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 感応した(かんのうした) |
| polite (mashita) | 感応しました(かんのうしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 感応しなかった(かんのうしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 感応しませんでした(かんのうしませんでした) |
| Te form | 感応して(かんのうして) |
| Potential | 感応できる(かんのうできる) |
| Passive | 感応される(かんのうされる) |
| Causative | 感応させる(かんのうさせる) |
| Causative passive | 感応させられる(かんのうさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 感応すれば(かんのうすれば) |
| tara | 感応したら(かんのうしたら) |
| Volitional | 感応しよう(かんのうしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 感応しましょう(かんのうしましょう) |
| Imperative | 感応しろ(かんのうしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related誘導ゆうどうNeutralMeans guidance or leading; in physics it also covers induction, as in 「誘導電流」. Its range is far broader than 「感応」.
- Related感応作用かんのうさようNeutralA technical term for physical induction, such as electromagnetic induction. 「感応」 also covers spiritual resonance — faith reaching the gods or the heart being moved.
- RelatedインダクションNeutralA loanword for logical induction or electromagnetic induction, mostly in specialist fields; it has no sense of divine response or answered prayers.
- Antonym鈍感どんかんNeutralDullness or insensitivity, as in 「鈍感な人」; the opposite of being keenly responsive.
- Antonym無感応NeutralA complete lack of response or resonance; not a fixed term. It stands opposite to 「感応」 in the sense of the heart being moved.
For physical induction, use 「誘導」 or 「電磁誘導」. 「感応」 is the formal, written term for a prayer being answered, spiritual resonance, or being moved, as in 「感応道交」. For dullness or insensitivity, say 「鈍感」.
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