Illustration: A baker enters the kitchen of a small Japanese cake shop and stops abruptly at the sight of a carefully finished celebration cake collapsed across its stand. Their eyes widen, mouth falls slightly open, and shoulders become rigid; a palette knife slips from their loosened hand.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

衝しょう撃げき

shougeki

emotional shock

Example sentences

  1. 昨日見きのうみたニュースに衝撃しょうげきを受うけた。

    I was shocked by yesterday’s news.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼女かのじょの死しは私わたしにとって大おおきな衝撃しょうげきだった。

    Her death was a great shock to me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そのニュースは我々われわれに大おおきな衝撃しょうげきを与あたえた。

    The news had a great impact on us.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 衝撃

  • 衝collide; bruntOnショウKunつく
  • 撃beat; attackOnゲキKunうつ

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