Meaning of 感動(かんどう) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 感動 JLPT 3

Kana Reading かんどう

Romaji kandō

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; deep emotion; impression

Example Sentences

感動, かんどう used in context

凄い(すごい)です！こんな感動(かんどう)的な(てき)話(はなし)は初めて(はじめて)です！まさに美談(びだん)(びだん)の中(なか)の美談(びだん)(びだん)です！

Amazing! This moving a story is a first for me! It's truly an epic among epics!
老人(ろうじん)と海(うみ)はとても感動(かんどう)的な(てき)本(もと)だ。

The Old Man and the Sea is a very exciting book.
牧師(ぼくし)さんは素晴らしい(すばらしい)説教(せっきょう)でわたしたちを感動(かんどう)させた(させる)。

The minister inspired us with a marvelous sermon.
必ず(かならず)その光景(こうけい)に感動(かんどう)するだろう。

You will never fail to be moved by the sight.
美しい(うつくしい)(うつくしい)ものが与えて(あたえる)くれる感動(かんどう)(かんどう)は素晴らしい(すばらしい)ものだった(だ)が、私(わたし)(わたし)にはその感動(かんどう)(かんどう)を保持(ほじ)する事(こと)(こと)も、いつまでも繰り返す(くりかえす)事(こと)(こと)もできなかった(できる)。世界(せかい)で最も美しい(うつくしい)(うつくしい)ものでさえも、最後(さいご)には私(わたし)(わたし)を退屈(たいくつ)させて(させる)しまった(しまう)のである。

The emotion they gave me was exquisite, but I could not preserve it, nor could I indefinitely repeat it; the most beautiful things in the world finished by boring me.
美しい(うつくしい)(うつくしい)ものが与えて(あたえる)くれる感動(かんどう)(かんどう)は素晴らしい(すばらしい)ものだった(だ)が、私(わたし)(わたし)にはその感動(かんどう)(かんどう)を保持(ほじ)する事(こと)(こと)も、いつまでも繰り返す(くりかえす)事(こと)(こと)もできなかった(できる)。世界(せかい)で最も美しい(うつくしい)(うつくしい)ものでさえも、最後(さいご)には私(わたし)(わたし)を退屈(たいくつ)させて(させる)しまった(しまう)のである。

The emotion they gave me was exquisite, but I could not preserve it, nor could I indefinitely repeat it; the most beautiful things in the world finished by boring me.

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感 JLPT 3

emotion, feeling, sensation

On: カン

13 strokes

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動 JLPT 4

move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

On: ドウ

Kun: うご.く, うご.かす

11 strokes

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