Sense organs

Japanese: 感覚器官 - かんかくきかん

〘noun〙 A general term for the organs that govern the senses. The organs of sight, hearing, olfaction, muscle spindles, etc. are made up of sensory cells that receive specific stimuli, each with a specialized structure. In a broad sense, it includes the nerves that transmit stimuli and the central nervous system that perceives them. Sense organs. Sense organs . *Lyric Song (1932) by Yasunari Kawabata "Scents, sounds, and colors are all different, simply because the human sensory organs that perceive them are different."

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Japanese:

〘名〙感覚をつかさどる器官の総称。視覚器、聴覚器、嗅覚器、筋紡錘体などで、特定の刺激を受けいれる感覚細胞が集まってそれぞれ特殊な構造をもつ。広義には刺激を伝達する神経とそれを知覚する中枢を含む。感覚器。感官。覚官(かっかん)。※抒情歌（1932）〈川端康成〉「香も音も色もただそれを感じる人間の感覚器官がちがってゐるだけで」

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