感じる

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Shift from 感ずる (kanzuru), a compound of (kan, feeling) +‎ する (suru, to do, to be). Natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「感じる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
感じる んじる
Imperative (命令形) 感じろ んじろ
Key constructions
Passive 感じられる んじられる
Causative 感じさせる んじさせる
Potential 感じられる んじられる
Volitional 感じよう んじよ
Negative 感じない んじない
Negative perfective 感じなかった んじなかった
Formal 感じます んじま
Perfective 感じた んじた
Conjunctive 感じて んじて
Hypothetical conditional 感じれば んじれ

Verb

(かん)じる (kanjirutransitive or intransitive ichidan (stem (かん) (kanji), past (かん)じた (kanjita))

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

Usage notes

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN