感動
かんどう
hepburn kandou
being moved, deep emotion
Part of speech · noun / suru-verb
Pattern visualization
感feel
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動move
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Examples
- その映画を見て、とても感動しました。I was very moved when I watched that film.
- 美しい音楽に感動して涙が出ました。I was so moved by the beautiful music that I cried.
Collocations
感動する感動的な感動を与える感動して泣く深く感動する
Mnemonic
感動 kandou — 感 (to feel) + 動 (to move). The heart greatly moved — being moved, deep emotion. A suru-verb. 感 is the same kanji as in K-76's 感じる (to feel) — if 感じる is a quiet sensing, 感動 is the heart strongly shaken. The trigger takes に: 音楽に感動する.
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How does 感動 differ from 感じる (K-76)?