- Basic forms
- 感じる — to feel; to sense / base form
- 感じます — (I) feel / masu form
- 感じた — felt / ta form
- 感じて — feel and …; please feel / te-form
- 感じない — do not feel / negative form
- 感じれば — if (someone) feels / conditional
- 感じろ・感じよ — feel! / imperative
- Other common forms
- 感じたい — want to feel / 〜たい form
- 感じられる — can feel; be able to feel / potential
- 感じられた — was able to feel / past potential
- 感じられない — cannot feel / negative potential
- More
- 感じよう — let’s feel; try to feel / 〜よう form
- 感じなかった — did not feel / past negative
- 感じている — is feeling; currently feels / progressive
感じる(かんじる) is an ichidan verb. Drop る and add endings like ます, た, て, ない, よう. Used for physical sensations (痛みを感じる), emotions (喜びを感じる), or impressions (違和感を感じる).
- 感情 — emotion
- 感動 — deep emotion, inspiration
- 感覚 — sense, sensation
- 好感 — favorable feeling
- 五感 — the five senses
- 共感 — empathy
The character 感 combines the radical 心 (heart) with the phonetic 咸 (kan). It expresses a reaction of the heart — in other words, feelings or sensations triggered by something external or internal.
映画に感動しました。
I was moved by the movie.
五感を使って学びます。
We learn using our five senses.
