虫むしの知しらせ

expression, noun

gut feeling; premonition; feeling in one's bones

An intuitive sense that something bad is about to happen, often without logical basis. Commonly used in everyday speech.

• 虫むしの知しらせで、今日きょうは傘かさを持もって出でかけた。

  I had a gut feeling and took an umbrella with me today.

• 彼かの女じょは虫むしの知しらせで、急きゅうに実じっ家かに電でん話わをかけた。

  She suddenly called her parents' home on a premonition.