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同感
Meaning in Englishagreement, same opinion, same feeling
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What it means
同感 means feeling the same as someone else; to share a similar sentiment or be in agreement with another person’s view.
Main meanings
- Sharing the same emotional response or stance with another's remark, indicating agreement or alignment in perspective
- Expressing sympathy or understanding of someone’s situation by acknowledging the same feeling
- Used in formal or polite contexts to signal agreement, often with phrases like 同感です or 私も同感だ
How to use it
Contexts: used as a noun to denote agreement or shared feelings; frequently appears in conversations, emails, meetings, debates, and social media comments; typical collocations include 同感です, 同感だ, doukan in dictionaries.
Variants and close terms
- 共感 kyokan — empathy, identification
- 賛同 sando — agreement or endorsement
- 反感 hankan — aversion (antonym)
Composition
- 同: same
- 感: feeling
- 合成の意味: two kanji combine to express sharing the same feeling
Word class
Noun (名詞)
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Related words by kanji and components
N1
痛感
tsuukan
feeling keenly, fully realizing
N1
敏感
binkan
sensibility, susceptibility, sensitive (to)
N1
予感
yokan
presentiment, premonition
N1
反感
hankan
antipathy, revolt, animosity
N2
～感
～kan
feeling, sense, impression
N2
感激
kangeki
deep emotion, impression, inspiration
N2
感ずる
kanzuru
to feel, to sense
N2
合同
goudou
combination, incorporation
N2
実感
jikkan
feelings, realization
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