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感触

かんしょく

feel; texture; sense of touch; impression

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Examples

  1. これはシルクの感触だ。

    これはシルクのかんしょくだ。

    This feels like silk.

  2. この生地は柔らかい感触が心地よい。

    このきじはやわらかいかんしょくがここちよい。

    This fabric has a pleasantly soft feel.

  3. 交渉はうまくいきそうだという感触を得た。

    こうしょうはうまくいきそうだというかんしょくをえた。

    I came away with the sense that the negotiations will go well.

Common patterns

感触を得る
to get a sense of something
好感触
a favourable impression
硬い感触
a hard feel

Memory tip

Physical texture under the hand, and by extension the 'feel' you get from a situation — 好感触 ('positive signals') is standard business talk. 触感 covers only the tactile sense, never the figurative one.

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