Japanese Emotions Vocabulary
Build your Japanese emotions vocabulary with words for feelings, moods, worry, relief, and mental states. For full sentence patterns and natural phrases, use this list together with our guide to emotions in Japanese.
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This page lists the vocabulary. For sentence patterns like うれしいです, 心配しています, and 悲しそうです, read the full guide to saying how you feel naturally.
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Showing 17 of 17 nouns
| Japanese | Reading | Meaning | JLPT | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
けんかする | けんかする kenkasuru | quarrel | N4 | |
安心 | あんしん anshin | peace of mind, relief | N4 | |
遠慮 | えんりょする enryosuru | restraint, reserve, hesitate | N4 | |
楽しみ | たのしみ tanoshimi | pleasure, joy | N4 | |
気 | き ki | spirit, mood | N4 | |
気持ち | きもち kimochi | feeling, sensation, mood | N4 | |
気分 | きぶん kibun | feeling, mood | N4 | |
興味 | きょうみ kyoumi | interest (in something) | N4 | |
失敗 | しっぱい shippai | failure, mistake | N4 | |
邪魔 | じゃま jama | hindrance, intrusion | N4 | |
心 | こころ kokoro | heart, mind | N4 | |
親切 | しんせつ shinsetsu | kindness | N4 | |
熱心 | ねっしん nesshin | enthusiasm | N4 | |
反対 | はんたい hantai | oppose, opposition, resistance | N4 | |
不便 | ふべん fuben | inconvenience | N4 | |
複雑 | ふくざつ fukuzatsu | complexity, complication | N4 | |
夢 | ゆめ yume | a dream | N4 |