関心|かんしんkanshin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounconcern; interest
   私は美術びじゅつに非常ひじょうな関心かんしんを抱いだいています。↗

   I am deeply interested in art.

• Synonym興味きょうみNeutralFor finding something interesting or curious, as in 「音楽に興味がある」; the first choice for personal interests. 「関心」 stresses wanting to learn more or follow something.
• Related配慮はいりょNeutralThoughtful care and consideration for others, as in 「配慮が足りない」; it is about accommodating people, not interest, and cannot replace 「関心」.
• Related考慮こうりょNeutralWeighing something and taking it into account, as in 「事情を考慮する」; it is about judgment and deliberation, and does not express interest or concern.
• Related気配りきくばりNeutralAttentively looking after others' needs, as in 「気配りのできる人」; it describes thoughtfulness, not the interest or concern of 「関心」.
• Related心遣いこころづかいNeutralConsiderate care for another person, as in 「温かい心遣い」; often used to thank someone. 「関心」 carries no sense of looking after people.
• Related留意りゅういWrittenWritten or formal prose: keeping something in mind and attending to it, as in 「健康に留意する」. 「関心」 means having interest and wanting to know more.
• Related注意ちゅういNeutralConcentrating the mind to watch closely, and also caution or vigilance, as in 「注意を払う」. 「関心」 is having an interest and wanting to learn more.
• Related注目ちゅうもくNeutralTurning one's eyes to something and watching it, as in 「注目を集める」; the focus is on where attention points. 「関心」 is inner interest and curiosity.
• RelatedアテンションNeutralA loanword for attention, heard mostly in set announcements like 「アテンションプリーズ」; in everyday speech say 「関心」 or 「注意」.
• RelatedインタレストNeutralA loanword that can mean interest or attention, and also stakes or interests; rare in daily use. Normally say 「関心」 or 「興味」.
• Related顧慮こりょWrittenWritten or formal prose: taking others or the situation into account, as in 「他人を顧慮する」; rare. Say 「配慮」 in daily speech; it differs from 「関心」.
• Antonym無関心むかんしんNeutralThe direct opposite of 「関心」: indifference, having no interest at all, as in 「政治に無関心」.
• Antonym冷淡れいたんNeutralLacking enthusiasm or interest in things, and also cold or unkind toward people, as in 「冷淡な反応」; opposite to 「関心」 in the sense of not caring.

Use 「関心」 for caring about something and wanting to learn more about it, as in 「政治に関心がある」. Choose 「興味」 when something strikes you as interesting, 「注目」 when eyes turn to something, and 「配慮」 or 「気配り」 for consideration for others; the opposite is 「無関心」. For paying attention or caution, 「注意」 fits.

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1. ある事ことに対たいし興味きょうみを持もっていて、より詳くわしく知しろうとする気持きもち。