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直感 (ちょっかん): intuition, instinct — Japanese vocabulary

直感 is read ちょっかん and means "intuition, instinct". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

直感

Reading
ちょっかん · chokkan
Translation
intuition, instinct
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ちょっかんが

Example

彼は直感で彼女の嘘をついているとわかった。

かれはちょっかんでかのじょのうそをついているとわかった。

By intuition he knew she was lying.

Kanji in this word

  • 直 — straight, fix
  • 感 — feeling, sense

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