以心伝心|いしんでんしんishindenshin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. no-adjectivetelepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind
   彼かれとはツーと言いえばカーの仲なかだよ。以心伝心いしんでんしんの仲なかとでも言いっておこう。↗

   He and I have a near-telepathic understanding of each other. No sooner does one of us say something than the other is already responding.
2. noun, Buddhismnon-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism

• Related共感きょうかんNeutralUnderstanding and identifying with another's feelings or opinions, stressing emotional resonance; 「以心伝心」 stresses knowing each other's minds without a word.
• Related意気投合いきとうごうNeutralHitting it off with someone at once, as in 「すぐに意気投合した」; stresses mutual affinity, not the wordless rapport of 「以心伝心」.
• Related拈華微笑ねんげみしょうWrittenA Buddhist allusion for conveying intent without words; more archaic and far rarer than 「以心伝心」, found mainly in written prose.

Use 「以心伝心」 for minds meeting without words, as in 「以心伝心の仲」; pick 「意気投合」 for hitting it off at first meeting and 「共感」 for understanding and sharing another's feelings.

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1. 言葉ことばを以もっては伝つたえることのできない仏法ぶっぽう上じょうの真理しんりを師しから弟子でしに伝つたえること。
2. 言葉ことばや文字もじを使つかわなくても、心こころと心こころで意思いしの疎通そつうが出来できる事こと。また、そう試こころみる事こと。