(かいほうかん)

かいほうかん
noun
sense of openness; feeling of freedom
1. sense of openness; feeling of freedom; spaciousness
A pleasant feeling of openness, spaciousness, or liberation from confinement or constraints.
開放感(かいほうかん)のある部屋(へや)だ。
It's a room with a sense of openness.
試験(しけん)()わって開放感(かいほうかん)(ひた)った。
I basked in a feeling of freedom after the exam ended.
天井(てんじょう)(たか)くて(まど)(おお)きいので、開放感(かいほうかん)たっぷりのオフィスだ。
With high ceilings and large windows, it's an office full of spaciousness.

USAGE:
開放感(かいほうかん) can describe both physical spaciousness (rooms, buildings, landscapes) and the emotional feeling of liberation (after finishing a task, escaping stress).

WORD FORMATION:
開放(かいほう) (opening, liberation) + (かん) (feeling, sense).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 開放感(かいほうかん)がある: to have a sense of openness
  • 開放感(かいほうかん)(ひた)る: to bask in a feeling of freedom
  • 開放感(かいほうかん)たっぷり: full of spaciousness
  • 開放感(かいほうかん)のある空間(くうかん): an open, spacious area