How to say "intuitive" in Japanese

• 直感的ちょっかんてきCommon
  na-adjectiveCovers the core sense of 'intuitive': grasping, judging, or deciding something immediately and without conscious reasoning. Typical of instant insight — an answer that simply feels right the moment you consider it.
• 感覚的かんかくてきCommon
  na-adjectiveMatches 'intuitive' in the looser sense of going by feel or the senses rather than by analysis; it also means 'sensuous' and 'sensible'. For instant, unreasoned insight, 直感的 is the more direct choice.
  感覚かんかく的てきにそれに違和感いわかんを感かんじるが、一体いったいそれが何なんなのかわからなかった。↗

  Even though I felt that there was something strange, I just didn't know what it was.

Use 直感的 for the core sense of 'intuitive', understanding or deciding instantly without conscious reasoning; use 感覚的 when 'intuitive' means going by feel or the senses, remembering it also means 'sensible' and 'sensuous'.

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• 直観的ちょっかんてきintuitive
• 感覚的かんかくてきsensible
• 直覚的ちょっかくてきintuitive
• 勘のいいかんのいいquick on the uptake
• 勘がいいかんがいいquick on the uptake