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intelligence, intellect, mental ability
The capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity.
知能テストを受けた。
I took an intelligence test.
イルカは知能が高い動物だ。
Dolphins are highly intelligent animals.
人工知能の研究が進んでいる。
Research on artificial intelligence is progressing.
知能 refers to the innate capacity for learning, reasoning, and problem-solving — mental ability rather than acquired knowledge.
COMMON COMPOUNDS:
- 人工知能 (AI, artificial intelligence)
- 知能テスト (intelligence test, IQ test)
- 知能指数 (intelligence quotient, IQ)
- 知能犯 (intellectual crime, white-collar crime)
- 高知能 (high intelligence)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 知能が高い/低い (intelligence is high/low)
- 知能を持つ (to possess intelligence)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 知識: knowledge — information one has learned
- 知恵: wisdom — practical, experience-based intelligence
- 頭脳: brains, intellect — focuses on thinking power
- 知性: intellect — refined, cultured intelligence