Meaning

Primary

Admiration

Alternatives

Being Impressed, Praiseworthy

Word Type

noun, verbal noun, な adjective

Explanation

Your feelings are in your heart. When your feelings are in your heart they are pure feelings. You can be happy for people and feel admiration for their successes. This is a great feeling to have in your heart.

感心 expresses that you are being impressed by someone's effort, skill, or good behavior. You'll hear it when someone does something praiseworthy and you genuinely admire it, like 感心した (I’m impressed).

Reading

かんしん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 感心できる

    can be impressed by something, can be impressed by someone

    感心する

    to be impressed by

    感心しない

    to not think highly of something

Context Sentences

感心なお子さんですね。

You have such an admirable child.

毎日勉強するなんて、感心、感心。

I'm so impressed that you study every single day.

ケイティには、いつも感心させられっぱなしです。

Katie never ceases to impress me.

Kanji Composition