consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment
Refers to the act of inferring or reading between the lines, often based on subtle cues or context. Commonly used in phrases like 察しがいい (perceptive) and 察しがつく (can guess).
He's perceptive, so he understands without me having to explain.
I could pretty much guess from the way things looked.
She's very perceptive, so she understands even without me explaining.
Just looking at him, I can guess what happened.
He caught on so quickly that one word was enough for him to understand everything.
I made a rough guess from the situation and acted on it.
勘 is a gut instinct or hunch that arises without conscious reasoning, while 察し involves reading contextual cues, even if quickly.
察し refers to the act of inferring someone's feelings or intentions, while 通じ describes the resulting ease or difficulty of that understanding.
察知 is the act of detecting or noticing something (often danger or a change), while 察し refers more broadly to the general ability or result of inferring someone's feelings or meaning.
Noun form of the verb 察する (to guess, to perceive), which derives from the kanji 察 (guess, perceive). The reading さっし is a regular nominalization.