予感|よかんyokan[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounpresentiment; premonition; hunch
    吹き荒ふきあれる嵐あらしの予感よかんに、僕ぼくらはこぞって震ふるえあがった。↗
    At this hint of the violent storm to come we shuddered as one.
  2. suru verb, transitive verbto have a premonition; to have a hunchusu. 予感がする
Conjugation
Dictionary form予感する(よかんする)
Polite (masu)予感します(よかんします)
Negative (nai)予感しない(よかんしない)
polite (masen)予感しません(よかんしません)
classical zu / nu予感せず・予感せぬ(よかんせず・よかんせぬ)
Past (ta)予感した(よかんした)
polite (mashita)予感しました(よかんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)予感しなかった(よかんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)予感しませんでした(よかんしませんでした)
Te form予感して(よかんして)
Potential予感できる(よかんできる)
Passive予感される(よかんされる)
Causative予感させる(よかんさせる)
Causative passive予感させられる(よかんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)予感すれば(よかんすれば)
tara予感したら(よかんしたら)
Volitional予感しよう(よかんしよう)
polite (mashou)予感しましょう(よかんしましょう)
Imperative予感しろ(よかんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym予覚よかくWrittenA written, rarely used word for a premonition; in everyday speech 「予感」 is the normal choice.
  • Related直感ちょっかんNeutralJudging or deciding by intuition rather than reasoning, as in 「直感で選ぶ」; 「予感」 is specifically a feeling that something will happen in the future.
  • Related勘かんNeutralA sixth sense or quick intuitive judgment, as in 「勘が鋭い」; 「予感」 is about a feeling of what the future holds.
  • Related直覚ちょっかくWrittenWritten/formal prose and a philosophical term for direct intuitive knowing; 「予感」 is an everyday feeling about what the future holds.

Use 「予感」 for a premonition about the future, as in 「嫌な予感」. For judging by intuition use 「直感」, for a sixth sense 「勘」; 「直覚」 is a written philosophical term and 「予覚」 a rare written synonym.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 将来しょうらいある事ことが起おこりそうであると感かんじること。また、その感かんじ。
Kanji in this word
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