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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

共きょう感かん

kyoukan

empathy, sympathy

Example sentences

  1. あなたの考かんがえ方かたには共感きょうかんできます。

    I really agree with what you’re saying.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しかし、現在げんざいでは内容ないようが古ふるすぎて観客かんきゃくの共感きょうかんを呼よべず、あまり上演じょうえんすることがない。

    However, it is seldom performed nowadays, as this scene can no longer evoke sympathy in the audience because its content is outmoded.

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

  3. 北朝鮮きたちょうせんによる拉致被害者らちひがいしゃの家族かぞくの悲かなしみを訴うったえる声こえは多おおくの共感きょうかんを呼よんだ。

    The grievance of the families of the abductees by the North Korean agents evoked enormous public sympathy.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 共感

  • 共together; bothOnキョウKunとも・ともに
  • 感emotion; feelingOnカン

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