Word details

直感

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 直感.

Dictionary

Entry

直感直観ょっかんNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #5407
1

intuition; instinct; hunch

Examples
警官は彼が犯人だと直感した。
The police spotted him at once as the offender.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair

8 strokesFrequency 246JLPT N2Grade 2

On

チョクジキジカ

Kun

ただ.ちになお.す-なお.すなお.るなお.きす.ぐ

Nanori

すぐなおのうのお

emotion, feeling, sensation

13 strokesFrequency 233JLPT N2Grade 3

On

カン

outlook, look, appearance, condition, view

18 strokesFrequency 476JLPT N2Grade 4

On

カン

Kun

み.るしめ.す

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