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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

違い和わ感かん

iwakan

sense that something is off

Example sentences

  1. リアルになるほど違和感いわかんありますね。このゲーム。

    This game gets more unsettling as it gets more realistic.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 文法的ぶんぽうてきに間違まちがいがあるわけではないのですが、個人的こじんてきに少すこし違和感いわかんを感かんじます。

    Although there aren’t any errors grammatically per se, it personally feels a bit unnatural to me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 感覚的かんかくてきにそれに違和感いわかんを感かんじるが、一体いったいそれが何なになのかわからなかった。

    Even though I felt that there was something strange, I just didn’t know what it was.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 違和感

  • 違difference; differOnイKunちがう・ちがい・ちがえる
  • 和harmony; Japanese styleOnワ・オ・カKunやわらぐ・やわらげる・なごむ
  • 感emotion; feelingOnカン

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