リズム(かん)

りずむかん
noun
sense of rhythm
1. sense of rhythm; rhythmic sense
The natural ability to feel, maintain, or respond to rhythm, whether in music, dance, sports, or speech.
リズム(かん)がいい。
To have a good sense of rhythm.
(かれ)はリズム(かん)がないからダンスが苦手(にがて)だ。
He has no sense of rhythm, so he's bad at dancing.
リズム(かん)(きた)えるには、メトロノームに()わせて練習(れんしゅう)するのが効果的(こうかてき)だ。
Practicing with a metronome is effective for training your sense of rhythm.

A compound of the loanword リズム (rhythm) and (かん) (sense, feeling). Refers to one's innate or developed ability to perceive and reproduce rhythmic patterns.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • リズム(かん)がある: to have a sense of rhythm
  • リズム(かん)がない: to have no sense of rhythm
  • リズム(かん)(きた)える: to train one's sense of rhythm
  • リズム(かん)()い/(わる)い: to have good/bad rhythm

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 音感(おんかん): sense of pitch — the ability to distinguish musical tones
  • テンポ(かん): sense of tempo — specifically about speed/pace

NOTE:
The (かん) suffix is productive and attaches to many words to mean "sense of ~": 方向(ほうこう)(かん) (sense of direction), 距離(きょり)(かん) (sense of distance), 季節(きせつ)(かん) (sense of the season).