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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

好こう感かん

koukan

favorable impression

Example sentences

  1. あともう少すこし物事ものごとに前向まえむきになることを学まなんだら、きっとトムももうちょっと人ひとから好感こうかんをもたれるのだが。

    If Tom would learn to be a little more positive about things, people would probably like him a bit more.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. また、三成みつなりが処刑しょけいされる前まえ、直政なおまさは三成みつなりの面倒めんどうを任まかされており、あまり三成みつなりに好感こうかんを抱だいていなかったが、三成みつなりを手厚てあつく保護ほごしたと言いわれている。

    Naomasa was in charge of taking care of Mitsunari before he was executed, and it is said Naomasa gave him careful protection despite his dislike of Mitsunari.

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

  3. 好感こうかんを得えられる人柄ひとがらからか、武家ぶけにしては、柔和にゅうわな人物じんぶつと思おもわれたのだろう。

    Perhaps because his personality made a favorable impression, he was seen as unusually gentle for a samurai.

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

Kanji in 好感

  • 好fond; pleasingOnコウKunこのむ・すく・よい
  • 感emotion; feelingOnカン

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