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JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

実じっ感かん

jikkan

to feel for oneself, to realize

Example sentences

  1. オーストラリアへ行いって初はじめて、日本にっぽんはなんと小ちいさい国くにかと実感じっかんした。

    I didn’t realize till I visited Australia how small Japan really is.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 動うごけるようになると健康けんこうの有難ありがたさを実感じっかんしますよね。

    It’s when you become able to move that the real value of health hits home.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 戦争せんそうが始はじまったと聞きいたが、父親ちちおやが軍ぐんに徴兵ちょうへいされるまで長ながいこと、彼かれはそれを十分じゅうぶんに実感じっかんしていなかった。

    He had heard that war had started, but it didn’t sink in for a long time until his father was drafted into the army.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 実感

  • 実reality; truthOnジツ・シツKunみ・みのる・まこと
  • 感emotion; feelingOnカン

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