感じる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 感じる, read かんじる, is a verb meaning to feel or perceive.
• Basic usage: It can express both physical sensations and emotions.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• What is felt and how
  • In 風を涼しく感じる, the breeze is what is perceived and coolness describes the perception. The adjective modifies the verb in the form 涼しく.
  • In 懐かしさを感じた, the feeling of nostalgia itself is the object.
• Past form
  • 感じた is the past form of 感じる. Remove the final る and add た; do not form 感じった.