Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI feel | ||
| NegativeI don’t feel |
Conjugation
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Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI felt | ||
| NegativeI didn’t feel |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formfeeling, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am feeling | ||
| Please (て ください)please feel |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can feel | ||
| NegativeI can’t feel |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to feel | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to feel |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s feel |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I feel
- If, when (たら) if I feel
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) feel (do it)
- Plain command feel!
- Please don’t please don’t feel
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am felt | ||
| CausativeI make someone feel |
How to use かんじる
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
この へや は、 すこし さむく かんじます。
This room feels a little cold.
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Past
はじめて とうきょう に きた とき、 ふあん を かんじた。
When I first came to Tokyo, I felt anxious.
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Te-form
みんな の やさしさ を かんじて います。
I can feel everyone's kindness.
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Potential
ここ に いる と、 はる の けはい が かんじられます。
Here you can feel spring coming.
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Want to
たまには しぜん の なか で、 かぜ を かんじたい。
Once in a while I want to feel the wind out in nature.
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Volitional
め を とじて、 おと を からだ で かんじよう。
Close your eyes and feel the sound with your body.
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Conditional
いたみ を かんじたら、 すぐ に おしえて ください。
If you feel pain, tell me right away.
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Commands and requests
あたま で かんがえないで、 こころ で かんじなさい。
Don't think with your head, feel with your heart.
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Passive and causative
この うた は、 なつかしさ を かんじさせます。
This song makes you feel nostalgic.
Good to know
- かんじる is to feel something, pain, cold, kindness; with an adjective it is "it feels": さむく かんじる.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).