霊感|れいかんreikan[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouninspiration; afflatus
   忠告ちゅうこくを与あたえることは出来できるが、行動こうどうを起おこさせる霊感れいかんを吹き込ふきこむことは出来できない。↗

   We may give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
2. nounability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)

• SynonymインスピレーションNeutralLoanword for creative inspiration or a sudden flash of insight; 「霊感」 goes further, also covering the ability to sense gods, ghosts and the like.
• Related発想はっそうNeutralAn idea, conception or way of thinking, as in 「発想の転換」; it focuses on lines of thought and has none of 「霊感」's mystical overtones.

Use 「霊感」 for inspiration and especially for the ability to sense gods or spirits, as in 「霊感が強い」「霊感商法」. For creative inspiration, 「インスピレーション」 is the more usual word; for an idea or way of conceiving something, use 「発想」.

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1. 神仏しんぶつが示しめす霊妙れいみょうな感応かんおう。
2. 霊的れいてきなものを感かんじる心こころの働はたらき。
3. 瞬間しゅんかん的てきに思い浮おもいうかぶ考かんがえ。発想はっそう。インスピレーション。