感心

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 感心, read かんしん, denotes admiration or approving regard for another person’s action or attitude.
• Basic usage: It expresses admiration for steady practice and approval of a child who cleaned a room voluntarily.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Admiration and approving praise
  • It positively judges another person’s action or attitude as admirable, rather than expressing surprise alone.