感じる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
感
かん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かんじる [kàńjírú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

感じる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana かんじる, rōmaji kanjiru)

  1. to feel
  2. to sense
  3. to experience

Conjugation
Conjugation of "感じる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 感じ かんじ kanji
Continuative (連用形) 感じ かんじ kanji
Terminal (終止形) 感じる かんじる kanjiru
Attributive (連体形) 感じる かんじる kanjiru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 感じれ かんじれ kanjire
Imperative (命令形) 感じよ¹
感じろ²		 かんじよ¹
かんじろ²		 kanjiyo¹
kanjiro²
Key constructions
Passive 感じられる かんじられる kanjirareru
Causative 感じさせる
感じさす		 かんじさせる
かんじさす		 kanjisaseru
kanjisasu
Potential 感じられる
感じれる³		 かんじられる
かんじれる³		 kanjirareru
kanjireru³
Volitional 感じよう かんじよう kanjiyō
Negative 感じない
感じぬ
感じん		 かんじない
かんじぬ
かんじん		 kanjinai
kanjinu
kanjin
Negative continuative 感じず かんじず kanjizu
Formal 感じます かんじます kanjimasu
Perfective 感じた かんじた kanjita
Conjunctive 感じて かんじて kanjite
Hypothetical conditional 感じれば かんじれば kanjireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
  • 感 (かん)じ入 (い)る (kanjiiru): to be impressed, to greatly admire

Usage notes
  • 感じる can be both intransitive and transitive.
    あなたは誰 (だれ)にも劣 (れっ)等 (とう)感 (かん)を感 (かん)じる理 (り)由 (ゆう)はない。
    Anata wa dare ni mo rettōkan o kanjiru riyū wa nai.
    There is no reason for you to feel inferior to anyone.

References
  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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