情緒

じょうちょ

emotion, feeling

Also:atmosphere

What does 情緒 mean?

情緒 is a Japanese noun meaning emotion, feeling in English. It can also be translated as atmosphere depending on context. It is written as 情緒 in kanji, じょうちょ in hiragana, and joucho in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

そのような情緒と行動の分離に比べれば、破局的結果の方がまだましである。

Even disaster is better than such a divorce between emotion and action.