How to use 実感 (じっかん)

Meaning of 実感

The Japanese verb "実感" (じっかん, jikkan) can have various meanings depending on the context in which it is used. Here's a list of its primary meanings along with examples:

  1. realization: The feeling or perception that something has happened or is true, often involving a deep emotional or physical response.
    • Example: 彼が本当にいなくなったと実感した。
    • Translation: I realized he was really gone.
  2. real feeling: A genuine or authentic feeling towards something, often after experiencing it directly.
    • Example: 初めての給料をもらって、働くことの実感を得た。
    • Translation: I got a real feeling of working when I received my first salary.

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Dialogue

大佐は これからどうなさるのですか?
Colonel, what will you do now?

大総統には 野望があるから まだ辞めんと 言ってやった
I told him that since I have ambitions, I won't resign yet.

(2人)うっ!
(Both) Ugh!

大総統が自ら人造人間であることを 私に 明かしたということは
By revealing to me that he himself is a homunculus,

自分を倒したとしても
he's implying that even if he's defeated,

まだ後ろがいると 暗示したということだ
there are others behind him.

試されている 光栄じゃないか
I'm being tested. Isn't that an honor?

意外と余裕ですね
You seem unexpectedly calm about it.

どうかな ただラストとかいう人造人間と 戦った時もそうだったが
Maybe so. But even when I fought that homunculus called Lust,

兵器だ化け物だと言われる自分が 本物の 化け物と戦っている時にこそ
When I, who am called a weapon or a monster, am fighting real monsters,

👉👉己がただの人間であることを 実感できるよ …
that's when I can truly feel that I am just a human...