直感(ちょっかん)

ちょっかん
noun, suru verb
intuition; gut feeling
1. intuition; gut feeling
An immediate understanding or knowing something without conscious reasoning; a hunch or sixth sense.
直感(ちょっかん)を信(しん)じる。
To trust one's intuition.
直感(ちょっかん)的(てき)に危険(きけん)だと感(かん)じた。
I intuitively sensed it was dangerous.
彼女(かのじょ)の直感(ちょっかん)は鋭(するど)く、いつも正(ただ)しい。
Her intuition is sharp and always correct.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 直感(ちょっかん)を信(しん)じる - to trust one's intuition
  • 直感(ちょっかん)が働(はたら)く - intuition works/kicks in
  • 直感(ちょっかん)が鋭(するど)い - to have sharp intuition
  • 直感(ちょっかん)的(てき)（な） - intuitive

CONTRAST:

  • 直感(ちょっかん) - immediate understanding without reasoning (cognitive)
  • 本能(ほんのう) - innate, biological drives (instinct)
  • 勘(かん) - a more casual word for intuition/hunch

USAGE:
The suru verb form 直感(ちょっかん)する means "to sense intuitively."

Related Words

Related: 本能(ほんのう) (instinct)
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Added 2026.1.20 22:21 · Revised 2026.1.24 23:24
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