1.
sense, sensation
The physical ability to perceive through the senses (sight, hearing, touch, etc.).
痛みの感覚がない。
I have no sensation of pain.
寒くて手の感覚がなくなった。
It was so cold that I lost sensation in my hands.
麻酔をかけたので、下半身の感覚がまったくない。
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.
彼は音楽の感覚がいい。
He has a good sense for music.
時間の感覚を失う。
To lose one's sense of time.
長い間海外に住んでいると、日本語の感覚が鈍くなることがある。
When you live abroad for a long time, your sense of the Japanese language can become dull.
感覚 refers to both physical senses and intuitive understanding.
THE FIVE SENSES:
- 視覚 (vision)
- 聴覚 (hearing)
- 触覚 (touch)
- 味覚 (taste)
- 嗅覚 (smell)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 感覚がいい/するどい (have good sense, be perceptive)
- 感覚が鈍い (have dull senses)
- 〜の感覚 (sense of ~)
COMPOUND WORDS:
- 感覚器官 (sensory organ)
- 感覚的 (sensory, intuitive)
HOMOPHONE:
- 間隔 (interval, space) - different meaning