実感 Realization

Meaning

Primary

Realization

Alternatives

Real Feeling, Actual Feeling

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

Your truth feeling is when you feel something is true. You have the realization this is a real feeling!

Reading

じっかん

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own. The reading for 実 gets changed to じっ so be careful!

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 実感が〜

  実感が持てる

  can have a real sense of something

  実感がある

  to have a solid sense of something

  実感がわく

  the realization bubbles up in one's mind

• 実感を〜

  実感を感じる

  to experience a realization

  実感を持つ

  to have a real sense of something

  実感を持てる

  can have a real sense of something

Context Sentences

ようやく親になる実感が持てるようになってきました。

I'm starting to feel like a real parent at last.

母が死んだという知らせを聞いても、すぐには実感できなかった。

Even when I heard the news that my mother died, it didn't feel real at first.

アメリカへ行って初めて、日本はなんと小さい国かと実感した。

Only after I went to America did I realize how small Japan really is.

Kanji Composition

1. 実

   じつ Truth
2. 感

   かん Feeling