感 性(かんせい)

かんせい

noun

sensitivity, sensibility, aesthetic sense

1. sensitivity, sensibility, aesthetic sense

The innate ability to perceive and respond to beauty, emotion, and subtlety in art, nature, and human experience. Refers to an intuitive, non-analytical receptivity that differs from rational understanding.

感性(かんせい)が豊(ゆた)かな人(ひと)だ。

A person with rich sensibility.

子(こ)どもの感性(かんせい)を育(そだ)てる教育(きょういく)が大切(たいせつ)だ。

Education that nurtures children's sensitivity is important.

若(わか)い頃(ころ)の旅(たび)の経験(けいけん)が、彼(かれ)の感性(かんせい)に大(おお)きな影響(えいきょう)を与(あた)えた。

The travel experiences of his youth had a great influence on his sensibility.

感性(かんせい) refers to an intuitive, emotional sensitivity — the ability to feel and perceive rather than to analyze rationally.

Common collocations

感性(かんせい)が豊(ゆた)か: having rich sensibility
感性(かんせい)を磨(みが)く: to refine one's sensitivity
感性(かんせい)を育(そだ)てる: to nurture sensitivity
感性(かんせい)に訴(うった)える: to appeal to the senses
鋭(するど)い感性(かんせい): sharp sensibility

Similar words

感性(かんせい): intuitive sensitivity, aesthetic sense (innate, emotional)
感受性(かんじゅせい): receptivity, emotional sensitivity (responsiveness to stimuli)
感覚(かんかく): sense, sensation (broader; includes physical senses)
知性(ちせい): intellect, intelligence (rational, analytical)

Related Words

Compare: 感受性(かんじゅせい) (receptivity, emotional sensitivity)

Compare: 感覚(かんかく) (sense, sensation (broader)

Compare: 知性(ちせい) (intellect, intelligence)

Compare: 理性(りせい) (reason)

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Added 2026.2.22 13:35 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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