停滞感(ていたいかん)

ていたいかん
noun
sense of stagnation; feeling of being stuck
emotionabstract
1. feeling of stagnation; sense of being stuck or making no progress
A subjective feeling that things are not moving forward, either personally (in one's career, skills, or life) or in a broader social/economic context. The -感 suffix converts 停滞 (stagnation) into a perceived feeling.
仕事(しごと)に停滞感(ていたいかん)を感(かん)じている。
I'm feeling stagnant in my work.
経済(けいざい)の停滞感(ていたいかん)が払拭(ふっしょく)されない。
The sense of economic stagnation cannot be dispelled.
勉強(べんきょう)が一向(いっこう)に進(すす)まず、停滞感(ていたいかん)にとらわれている。
My studies are not progressing at all and I'm trapped in a feeling of stagnation.

Similar words

  • 停滞(ていたい): stagnation (the objective state or process)
  • 停滞感(ていたいかん): sense/feeling of stagnation (the subjective experience)
  • 閉塞感(へいそくかん): sense of being blocked; stifling feeling — implies feeling trapped with no way out; stronger

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Compare: 閉塞感(へいそくかん) (sense of being blocked)
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