直感

ちょっかん

intuition, instinct

What does 直感 mean?

直感 is a Japanese noun meaning intuition, instinct in English. It is written as 直感 in kanji, ちょっかん in hiragana, and chokkan in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

警官は彼が犯人だと直感した。

The police spotted him at once as the offender.