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共感

共感

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: 4
かん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

共感 (hiragana きょうかん, romaji kyōkan)

  1. sympathy
    北朝鮮 (きたちょうせん)による拉致 (らち)被害者 (ひがいしゃ)家族 (かぞく) (かな)しみを (うった)える (こえ) (おお)くの共感 (きょうかん) ()んだ。
    Kitachōsen ni yoru rachi higaisha no kazoku no kanashimi o uttaeru koe wa ōku no kyōkan o yonda.
    The grievance of the families of the abductees by the North Korean agents evoked enormous public sympathy.

Verb

共感する (intransitive, hiragana きょうかんする, romaji kyōkan suru)

  1. sympathize

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.