感かんづく

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感づく · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	感かんづく	感かんづかない
Polite	感かんづきます	感かんづきません
Past polite	感かんづきました	感かんづきませんでした
Past	感かんづいた	感かんづかなかった
Te-form	感かんづいて	感かんづかないで
Desire	感かんづきたい	感かんづきたくない
Potential	感かんづける	感かんづけない
Passive	感かんづかれる	感かんづかれない
Causative	感かんづかせる	感かんづかせない
Causative passive	感かんづかせられるalso 感かんづかされる	感かんづかせられないalso 感かんづかされない
Volitional	感かんづこう
Polite volitional	感かんづきましょう
Imperative	感かんづけ	感かんづくな
Conditional	感かんづけば	感かんづかなければ
Tara conditional	感かんづいたら	感かんづかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

sense; suspect; get wind of

To intuitively realize or suspect something, often based on subtle signs or a hunch. Used when becoming aware of hidden facts, danger, or someone's intentions.

彼かれは何なにか隠かくしていると感かんづいた。
I sensed he was hiding something.
危き険けんを感かんづいて、彼かれはすぐに逃にげた。
Sensing danger, he fled immediately.
彼かの女じょはサプライズパーティーに感かんづいているみたいだ。
She seems to have gotten wind of the surprise party.

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Kanji

感emotion, feeling, sensation
勘intuition, perception, check
付adhere, attach, refer to

Don't confuse with

気き付づくN4
気づく means to notice or become aware of something concrete, while 感づく means to sense or suspect something, often intuitively and without clear evidence.

Written forms

感かんづくUsage69%
Most common kanji spelling. 感 conveys the sense of feeling or perception.
勘かんづくUsage24%
Also used; 勘 suggests intuition or sixth sense.
感かん付づくUsage4%
Less common variant using 付く.
かんづくUsage2%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing.
勘かん付づくUsage1%
Rare variant.

Etymology

Compound of 感 (kan, 'feeling, sensation') or 勘 (kan, 'intuition') + 付く (tsuku, 'to be attached; to be perceived'), with rendaku voicing to づく. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period.