直感

• 読み: ちょっかん
• ローマ字: chokkan
• 漢字の分解: 直 (choku) — direct, straight; 感 (kan) — feeling, sense, emotion
• 発音: /tɕok.kaɴ/

意味

Intuition; a gut feeling or instinct that arises without conscious reasoning.

A noun that also functions as a suru verb (直感する). Refers to immediate, instinctive understanding without logical analysis. Often used interchangeably with 直観, though 直感 emphasises emotional/sensory intuition while 直観 leans more philosophical. Common in phrases like 直感的に (intuitively) and 直感を信じる (to trust one's intuition).

例文

1. 直感的にこの仕事は自分に向いていると思った。
2. 何か危ないと直感したので引き返した。
3. 論理よりも直感を信じることも時には大切だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: decision-making, psychology, daily life, business

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese 直 (choku, direct/straight) + 感 (kan, feeling/sense). Literally 'direct feeling,' describing knowledge or understanding that arrives immediately through sensation rather than through deliberate reasoning.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal