🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

感情

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kanjō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Emotion/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は感情を抑えることができなかった。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.

    "She felt a surge of emotion when she saw her childhood home."
  2. 2

    A strong feeling such as joy, anger, or sadness.

    "His emotions were running high during the final moments of the game."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'emotion' originates from the Latin 'emotio', meaning 'a moving out' or 'a stirring up', which evolved through Old French 'émotion' in the 14th century, reflecting a shift towards the psychological and physiological responses to stimuli.

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