WORD DETAIL
疲労感
ひろうかん
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
疲労感is read asひろうかんand is a noun for the subjective feeling or sensation of physical or mental fatigue. - Basic usage: A strong feeling of fatigue remaining after a meeting appears in
強い疲労感が残る, while the sense of fatigue easing after sleep appears in疲労感が軽くなる.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Emphasis on felt fatigue
- It focuses on the tiredness or heaviness a person experiences rather than on its cause or an objective measurement.
- Difference from
疲労- Unlike the general term for fatigue as a condition, this form explicitly emphasizes the person’s felt sensation.

