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直感
chokkan
Description
「直感」は、考えたり調べたりしないで、すぐに心で感じることです。
"直感" is feeling something immediately in your heart without thinking or investigating.
何かを選ぶとき、「直感でわかった」のように使います。
When choosing something, you use it like "I understood by 直感."
Meanings
直感chokkan
intuition; sensing something instantly without reasoning
私の直感では、彼は正しい。
My intuition tells me he is right.
直感するchokkan suru
to sense intuitively; to feel instinctively
危ないと直感して、すぐに止まった。
I sensed danger and stopped immediately.
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Notes
- Etymology
直 'direct' + 感 'feeling' — a feeling that arrives directly, without thought.
- Nuance
直感 stresses gut feeling; the near-homophone 直観 is more philosophical/logical insight.
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