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sight, vision, visual sense
The sense of seeing; the ability to perceive with the eyes.
視覚障害
Visual impairment.
視覚効果
Visual effects.
五感の中で視覚が最も重要だ。
Among the five senses, sight is the most important.
この映画は視覚効果が素晴らしく、観客を圧倒した。
This movie had amazing visual effects that overwhelmed the audience.
視覚に頼らず、音や触感だけで周囲の状況を把握する訓練がある。
There is training to grasp one's surroundings using only sound and touch without relying on sight.
視覚 refers to the sense of sight as a physiological and perceptual faculty. It is more technical/formal than 目 (eye) and is used in scientific, medical, and academic contexts.
THE FIVE SENSES (五感):
- 視覚: sight
- 聴覚: hearing
- 嗅覚: smell
- 味覚: taste
- 触覚: touch
COMMON COMPOUNDS:
- 視覚障害: visual impairment
- 視覚効果: visual effects
- 視覚的: visual (adjectival)
- 視覚情報: visual information
RELATED:
- 視力: eyesight, visual acuity (measurable ability)
- 視野: field of vision (also used figuratively: 視野が広い = broad-minded)