感覚(かんかく)

かんかく
noun
sense, sensation, feeling
sensecognition
See also: 間隔(かんかく) (interval, spacing (間隔))
1. sense, sensation
The physical ability to perceive through the senses (sight, hearing, touch, etc.).
痛(いた)みの感覚(かんかく)がない。
I have no sensation of pain.
寒(さむ)くて手(て)の感覚(かんかく)がなくなった。
It was so cold that I lost sensation in my hands.
麻酔(ますい)をかけたので、下半身(かはんしん)の感覚(かんかく)がまったくない。
Since I was given anesthesia, I have no sensation at all in my lower body.
2. feeling, intuition, sense
An intuitive understanding or awareness; a knack for something.
彼(かれ)は音楽(おんがく)の感覚(かんかく)がいい。
He has a good sense for music.
時間(じかん)の感覚(かんかく)を失(うしな)う。
To lose one's sense of time.
長(なが)い間(あいだ)海外(かいがい)に住(す)んでいると、日本語(にほんご)の感覚(かんかく)が鈍(にぶ)くなることがある。
When you live abroad for a long time, your sense of the Japanese language can become dull.

感覚(かんかく) refers to both physical senses and intuitive understanding.

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Compare: 感性(かんせい) (sensitivity, sensibility, aesthetic sense)
Compare: 官能(かんのう) (sensuality)
Compare: フィーリング (feeling)
Related: 視覚(しかく) (vision)
Related: 聴覚(ちょうかく) (hearing)
Related: 触覚(しょっかく) (touch)
Related: 味覚(みかく) (taste)
Related: 嗅覚(きゅうかく) (smell)
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Added 2026.1.11 19:08 · Revised 2026.10.7 4:24
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