予感(よかん)

よかん
noun / suru verb
premonition, hunch, presentiment
1. premonition, hunch, presentiment
A feeling that something is about to happen, without having concrete evidence. Can be about both good and bad events.
嫌(いや)な予感(よかん)がする。
I have a bad feeling about this.
何(なに)かいいことが起(お)きる予感(よかん)がした。
I had a feeling something good was going to happen.
朝(あさ)から嫌(いや)な予感(よかん)がしていたが、やはり試験(しけん)の結果(けっか)は悪(わる)かった。
I had a bad feeling since morning, and sure enough, the exam results were poor.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 予感(よかん)がする (to have a premonition)
  • 嫌(いや)な予感(よかん) (a bad feeling)
  • 予感(よかん)が的中(てきちゅう)する (a premonition comes true)
  • 予感(よかん)が当(あ)たる (a hunch proves right)

The phrase 嫌(いや)な予感(よかん)がする is extremely common and is often the first thing that comes to mind when Japanese speakers sense something will go wrong.

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