感情

• 読み: かんじょう
• ローマ字: kanjou
• 漢字の分解: 感 (kan) — feeling, sense; 情 (jou) — emotion, sentiment
• 発音: /ka.ɴ.dʑoː/

意味

Emotion; feeling; sentiment. The broad range of human emotional experiences.

A noun that refers to emotions in general — the abstract concept of feelings. More formal and objective than 気持ち, which is more personal and subjective. Often used when discussing emotions analytically, such as in psychology or when talking about emotional control.

例文

1. 感情を言葉にするのは難しい。
2. 彼は感情をあまり顔に出さない人だ。
3. 音楽を聞くと、いろいろな感情がわいてくる。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, psychology, literature

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 感 (kan, feeling/sense) and 情 (jou, emotion/sentiment). Both kanji relate to feelings, creating a word that broadly encompasses all emotional states.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal