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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

感かん慨がい

kangai

deep emotion

Example sentences

  1. 『平家物語へいけものがたり』では、「この20余年見よねんみられなかった源氏げんじの白旗しらはたが、今日きょうはじめて都みやこに入はいる」とその感慨かんがいを書かいている。

    The Tale of the Heike expresses this feeling: “Today, for the first time in more than twenty years, the Minamoto clan’s white banner enters the capital.”

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 比較的ひかくてきに史料しりょうの少すくない時期じきの史料しりょうとして注目ちゅうもくされているが、随所ずいしょに筆者ひっしゃの個人的こじんてきな感慨かんがいや批評的言辞ひひょうてきげんじが多おおくその意味いみでも興味深きょうみぶかい。

    The Shunki is gaining attention as a historical document for the period for which relatively few historical documents have been found, and, being full of the author’s personal emotions and critical assertions, the diary is of great interest in this regard.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. そして、井月せいげつの半生はんせいをその死しまで思おもい描えがきつつ、井月せいげつに自みずからや山井やまいの姿すがたを重かさね合あわせ、感慨かんがいにふけるという筋書すじがきになっている。

    The story then has him imagine Seigetsu’s life through to his death, see himself and Yamai in Seigetsu, and become lost in deep emotion.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 感慨

  • 感emotion; feelingOnカン
  • 慨rue; be sadOnガイKunなげく

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