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直感 (ちょっかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

直ちょっ感かん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

intuition; instinct; hunch

Refers to an immediate understanding or judgment without conscious reasoning. Often used for gut feelings or instinctive insights.

彼かれの直ちょっ感かんはいつも当あたる。
His intuition is always right.
直ちょっ感かんで答こたえ

を

選えら

ん

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I chose the answer by instinct.

Written forms

直ちょっ感かんUsage59%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in modern usage.
直ちょっ観かんUsage41%
Alternate kanji spelling; also common, but 直感 is more frequent.

Kanji

直straightaway, honesty, frankness
感emotion, feeling, sensation
観outlook, look, appearance

Similar words

第だい六ろっ感かん
第六感 (sixth sense) often implies a mysterious or supernatural perception, while 直感 is a more general term for gut feeling or immediate insight.
勘かん
勘 is a more colloquial term for intuition or hunch, often used in everyday speech, whereas 直感 is slightly more formal and analytical.

Etymology

Compound of 直 (direct, immediate) and 感 (feeling, sensation). The alternate spelling 直観 uses 観 (view, outlook) to emphasize a direct perception or insight.