The English translation above doesn’t really capture the level of politeness, though it may be possible to adjust things to try and capture that better.īy the way, there are other words that mean “thoughts” (考え）or feelings (気持ち), but these words are often used in a more general sense and I haven’t heard them frequently used to refer to an impression about a book or movie. This Japanese sentence actually has a total of three polite aspects to it: the “go” prefix, the “o” prefix (making a special polite verb form), and the word “kudasai”. You will often see the word ご感想 in phrases on websites (or other places) where the reader’s or listener’s opinion (comment, questions, etc.) is being asked. In situations where a little more politeness is warranted, you can use the form ご感想 (gokansou), but お感想 is not correct. Remember that words are generally omitted in Japanese where they can be inferred from context, so often you see just 感想 by itself, like in the first example sentence in this article. The latter two are a little more formal but better specify “the impression about X”. The first of these is more informal, but more vague because it can mean “the impression about X” or “the impression held by person X”. If you want to talk about impressions about a certain thing, you can use the following forms: In case you are curious, 書かせられた is the causative passive verb form of 書く (to write). In school we were made to write a book report.You can think of this like a book report (though it can be about something different, depending on the context). So I feel that “what you think” is a good translation and a good way to understand the meaning of the Japanese sentence.īy the way, the verb 聞かせる here seems like it is a form of the verb 聞く that means “to make listen to”, but it’s best understood here as meaning “to tell” or “to convey”.Ī good word to know is 感想文 (kansoubun), which is a report, essay, or paper written about some work, often a book or similar. “Opinion” doesn’t seem like a perfect fit here, and “impression” could fit but is a little stiff. When you finish reading the book let me know what you think.
In particular, it is used often for things like books and movies, though it can be applied to pretty much anything.ĭictionaries list this word as meaning “(one’s) impression” or “(one’s) opinion”, and while these are close equivalents I don’t think you would always use these words when saying the equivalent things in English. The word 感想 is most frequently used to refer to what a person thinks or feels about something, often an experience or a thing.
But there is a little more of a specific nuance to it.
Given the above, it’s not a big surprise that the meaning of this word is related to one’s thoughts or feelings. This word is made up of two kanji that have the following primary meanings: The pitch rises on the second letter and stays high, potentially raising the pitch of whatever word follows it (note: this is for Tokyo dialect, pronunciation may differ in other dialects). This time I’d like to focus on the word “kansou”, which can be written in kanji as 感想, or occasionally in hiragana as かんそう.
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