How to say "visceral" in Japanese

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  • 理屈抜きりくつぬき
    no-adjectiveSeldom the word you want for 'visceral'. It really means doing something without any reason or logic, with rational argument set aside, rather than describing a gut-level reaction.
  • 生理的せいりてきCommon
    na-adjectiveThe common word for the genuine 'visceral' sense: instinctive, felt in one's guts — a reaction that comes from the body's automatic responses rather than from reasoning.
    子供こどもや赤あかちゃんは生理的せいりてきに苦手にがてなの。↗
    I'm instinctively bad with children and infants.

For the gut-level, instinctive sense of 'visceral' choose 生理的; 「理屈抜き」 really means 'without logic or reasons', so it is a less common, marginal way to express 'visceral'.

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