How do you build the equivalent of an English noun phrase in Japanese?


For example, if I wanted to say "the fear of drowning" or "the desire to do
something" in Japanese, how would I do that?

> 溺れるという恐怖？ 何かしたいという気持ち？

These two sentences sound correct to me (please feel free to say otherwise)
but is there a way that may sound more natural and shorter?




I'm Japanese.

It sounds perfectly correct to me too.

But you can omit the word "という".

The following phrases sound correct too.

  * 溺れる恐怖
  * 何かしたい気持ち

# feeling but digress

Strictly speaking, "desire" is often translated as "欲求", "欲望" and things like
that.[ref](https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/desire)

These are little stronger than "気持ち".




I'm Japanese.

It sounds perfectly correct to me too.

But you can omit the word "という".

The following phrases sound correct too.

  * 溺れる恐怖
  * 何かしたい気持ち

# feeling but digress

Strictly speaking, "desire" is often translated as "欲求", "欲望" and things like
that.[ref](https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/desire)

These are little stronger than "気持ち".

