視 覚(しかく)

しかく

noun

sight, vision, visual sense

See also: 資格(しかく) (qualification), 四角(しかく) (square, rectangle), 死角(しかく) (blind spot)

1. sight, vision, visual sense

The sense of seeing; the ability to perceive with the eyes.

視覚(しかく)障害(しょうがい)

Visual impairment.

視覚(しかく)効果(こうか)

Visual effects.

五感(ごかん)の中(なか)で視覚(しかく)が最(もっと)も重要(じゅうよう)だ。

Among the five senses, sight is the most important.

この映画(えいが)は視覚(しかく)効果(こうか)が素晴(すば)らしく、観客(かんきゃく)を圧倒(あっとう)した。

This movie had amazing visual effects that overwhelmed the audience.

視覚(しかく)に頼(たよ)らず、音(おと)や触(しょっ)感(かん)だけで周囲(しゅうい)の状況(じょうきょう)を把握(はあく)する訓練(くんれん)がある。

There is training to grasp one's surroundings using only sound and touch without relying on sight.

視覚(しかく) refers to the sense of sight as a physiological and perceptual faculty. It is more technical/formal than 目(め) (eye) and is used in scientific, medical, and academic contexts.

THE FIVE SENSES (五感(ごかん)):

視覚(しかく): sight
聴覚(ちょうかく): hearing
嗅覚(きゅうかく): smell
味覚(みかく): taste
触覚(しょっかく): touch

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

視覚(しかく)障害(しょうがい): visual impairment
視覚(しかく)効果(こうか): visual effects
視覚(しかく)的(てき): visual (adjectival)
視覚(しかく)情報(じょうほう): visual information

視力(しりょく): eyesight, visual acuity (measurable ability)
視野(しや): field of vision (also used figuratively: 視野(しや)が広(ひろ)い = broad-minded)

Related Words

Related: 五感(ごかん) (the five senses)

Related: 視力(しりょく) (eyesight, visual acuity)

Related: 視野(しや) (field of vision)

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Added 2026.1.11 18:01 · Revised 2026.5.23 2:10

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