sensation

感覚

温かさや痛み、軽い接触など、体で感じること。

やさしい英語で： A feeling in your body, such as warmth, pain, or light touches.

• I felt a burning sensation.
• The cold water gave her a strange sensation.
• Have you had any unusual sensations in your legs?

使い方： a sensation of something (I felt a sensation of warmth in my hands.); a sensation in something (There was a tingling sensation in my foot.)

類義語： feeling

よく使う表現： burning sensation, tingling sensation, sensation of warmth, sensation of cold

大反響、センセーション

新しいことや驚くことに、多くの人が強い関心や興奮を示すこと。

やさしい英語で： Great interest or excitement shared by many people about something new or surprising.

• The news caused a sensation.
• Her first performance created a sensation across the country.
• Nobody expected such a sensation over a short video.

類義語： stir, excitement, commotion

よく使う表現： cause a sensation, create a sensation, quite a sensation

感覚作用、感覚

目や耳などの感覚器官が刺激に反応する働き。

やさしい英語で： The process by which your eyes, ears, or other sense organs respond to something.

• Sensation begins when a sense organ responds.
• The researchers studied visual sensation in low light.
• This chapter explains the difference between sensation and perception.

類義語： sensing

よく使う表現： visual sensation, auditory sensation, sensation and perception