感覚|かんかくkankaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsense; sensation; feeling; intuition
   私は指ゆびに感覚かんかくが無なかった。↗

   I had no feeling in my fingers.

• Synonym感じかんじNeutralThe most common word in speech for a feeling or impression, as in 「変な感じ」. More casual and subjective than 「感覚」.
• Synonym感触かんしょくNeutralRefers to the feel of something you touch, as in 「柔らかい感触」. Centered on the sense of touch rather than sensation in general.
• Synonym知覚ちかくWrittenA psychology term for perceiving the outside world through the senses, as in 「知覚過敏」. Technical, found in written/formal prose.
• Synonym官能かんのうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means the working of the sense organs, and also physical or sexual pleasure, as in 「官能小説」— use with care.
• Related意識いしきNeutralCovers conscious awareness or noticing something, as in 「意識を失う」. 「感覚」 centers on the senses and intuition.
• Related感知かんちWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means detecting or sensing something, often said of machines, as in 「センサーが感知する」.
• Related気づききづきNeutralNoticing or realizing something you did not know before, as in 「新たな気づき」; a neutral word, especially frequent in education and business.
• RelatedセンシビリティーWrittenA loanword for delicate sensitivity, mostly in art criticism; rare in everyday use. Written/formal prose.
• Antonym無感覚むかんかくWrittenAntonym, written/formal prose. Loss of sensation or numbness, or indifference to one's surroundings — the opposite of 「感覚」.

Use 「感覚」 for the senses and for one's sense of beauty or right and wrong, as in 「方向感覚」; it works in both speech and writing. For a general feeling or impression pick 「感じ」, for the feel of touch 「感触」, for conscious awareness 「意識」, and for a new realization 「気づき」. 「無感覚」 is the opposite: numbness.

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

1. 外そとからの光ひかり、音おとなどの刺激しげきを感かんじる身体しんたいの働はたらきと、それによって起おこる意識いしき。
2. 美うつくしさや違ちがい、よしあし、正否せいひなどを感じ取かんじとり判断はんだんする心こころの働はたらき。
3. 雰囲気ふんいき。気分きぶん。