知覚・智覚|ちかくchikaku[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
知覚知覚 is the most common written form and the form beginners should use when writing Japanese.
智覚智覚 is a rarely used form of 知覚; learners should choose 知覚 instead when writing.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbperception; sensation; awareness
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 知覚する（ちかくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 知覚します（ちかくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 知覚しない（ちかくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 知覚しません（ちかくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 知覚せず・知覚せぬ（ちかくせず・ちかくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 知覚した（ちかくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 知覚しました（ちかくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 知覚しなかった（ちかくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 知覚しませんでした（ちかくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 知覚して（ちかくして） |
| Potential | 知覚できる（ちかくできる） |
| Passive | 知覚される（ちかくされる） |
| Causative | 知覚させる（ちかくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 知覚させられる（ちかくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 知覚すれば（ちかくすれば） |
| tara | 知覚したら（ちかくしたら） |
| Volitional | 知覚しよう（ちかくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 知覚しましょう（ちかくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 知覚しろ（ちかくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym感じ取るかんじとるNeutralVerb for sensing or picking up on something, stressing that you take it in with the heart; 「知覚」 is the psychological term for perceiving through the senses.
- Synonym感知かんちWrittenWritten/formal term for sensing or noticing, also for devices detecting changes; 「知覚」 is about perception through the human senses.
- Synonym感受かんじゅWrittenWritten/formal word for receiving outside stimuli or feeling things with the heart; close to 「知覚」, which stresses recognizing things in the outside world.
- Synonym認識にんしきNeutralRecognition or understanding, stressing rational grasp; 「知覚」 stays at the sensory level.
- Synonym感覚かんかくNeutralThe everyday word for sense or feeling, with a wide range of uses including aesthetic judgment; 「知覚」 is the more academic term.
- Synonym感じるかんじるNeutralVerb for feeling or sensing something; the most common choice in daily speech, while 「知覚」 is an academic Sino-Japanese word.
- Synonym捉えるとらえるNeutralVerb for catching or seizing, also arresting someone; it only overlaps with 「知覚」 in the sense of grasping or taking something in.
- Synonym感ずるかんずるWrittenVerb; a written/formal variant of 「感じる」; 「知覚」 is an academic Sino-Japanese word.
- Synonym気づくきづくNeutralVerb for noticing or becoming aware of something; common in everyday speech, while 「知覚」 is an academic Sino-Japanese word.
- Synonym気がつくきがつくNeutralSet phrase for noticing something, also for being attentive and considerate; 「知覚」 is an academic Sino-Japanese word.
- Synonym心付くこころづくWrittenVerb for noticing or becoming aware; dated and literary — in everyday speech say 「気づく」.
- Synonym見とるみとるNeutralVerb for making something out by looking; uncommon, and leans toward visual observation.
- Related認知にんちNeutralCognition or acknowledgement, also the legal acknowledgment of a child by a parent; 「知覚」 is perception at the sensory level.
- Related察知さっちNeutralSensing something by inferring it from signs and hints; 「知覚」 is knowing something directly through the senses.
- Related聞き取るききとるNeutralVerb for catching or making out what someone says; a concrete act of listening, while 「知覚」 covers perception through the senses in general.
- Related悟るさとるNeutralVerb for grasping the true meaning of something, also attaining enlightenment; the emphasis is on understanding, while 「知覚」 is about sensing.
- Related感づくかんづくNeutralVerb for getting a vague inkling of something, often the first signs of danger or a plot; 「知覚」 is knowing things through the senses.
- Related嗅ぎ分けるかぎわけるNeutralVerb for telling things apart by smell; a concrete act of smelling, while 「知覚」 is perception through the senses in general.
- Related看取かんしゅWrittenWritten/formal word for perceiving something by sight; leans toward visual observation, while 「知覚」 refers to sensing through any of the senses.
- Related見て取るみてとるNeutralVerb for seeing through or grasping a situation at a glance; a concrete act of looking, while 「知覚」 is perception through the senses in general.
- AntonymまひNeutralAntonym: paralysis or numbness, the loss of movement or sensation; the opposite of 「知覚」.
- Antonym無感覚むかんかくNeutralAntonym: numbness or lack of sensation, also indifference to one's surroundings; the opposite of 「知覚」.
「知覚」 is the somewhat academic term for perceiving the outside world through the senses, as in 「知覚神経」. In everyday speech use 「感じる」 or 「気づく」; for the feeling itself say 「感覚」, for rational understanding 「認識」. The antonyms are 「麻痺」 and 「無感覚」.
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