感覚

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 感覚, read かんかく, and it combines 感, meaning feel, with 覚, meaning perceive or become aware.
• Basic usage: The basic sense of 感覚 covers bodily sensation and an intuitive sense developed through experience.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Sensory capacity and tactile information
  • Both examples use the form 感覚. The first concerns sensation in the fingers; the second concerns tactile information from the hands while playing.
• Cold water and instrument playing
  • 冷たい水に触れて指の感覚が鈍くなった。 — My fingers became less sensitive after touching the cold water.
  • この楽器は音を聞くだけでなく手の感覚も頼りにして弾く。 — Playing this instrument relies not only on hearing but also on the sense of touch.