しんきんかん
Shinkinkan
親近感 (Shinkinkan) is a Japanese noun meaning “affinity, feeling of closeness (with someone), feeling of kinship”.
Meanings
- nounaffinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
Examples
いやいや、結構結構。下の名前で呼び合うのは親近感がわいてよろしいことだ。
Not at all, that's perfectly fine. Calling each other by one's given name is a good thing; it produces a feeling of fellowship.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).