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印象

いんしょう

impression

Mnemonic

A stamp pressed down and the figure it leaves behind, which is what somebody carries away from meeting you. An inn いん and a show しょう, and his was a good one: いんしょう.

Worth knowing

感じ かんじ is how a thing feels to you. 印象 is the mark it leaves, the impression you carry away.

Built from

seal, mark
A hand pressing down on a kneeling figure. The stamp itself, and then the mark it leaves behind.
elephant, figure
A pictograph of an elephant, trunk included. It also does the shape or figure that a thing presents.

Words sharing these kanji

target, object

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