予感

Japanese

Kanji in this term
予 感
よ
Grade: 3
かん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
豫感 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よかん [yòkáń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [jo̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

予(よ)感(かん) • (yokan) 

  1. prescience, premonition, hunch
    いい予感(よかん)がする。
    Ii yokan ga suru.
    Something is telling me that things are going to get better.
    嫌(いや)な予感(よかん)がする。
    Iya na yokan ga suru.
    I have a bad feeling about this.
  2. foreboding

Verb

予(よ)感(かん)する • (yokan suru) suru (stem 予(よ)感(かん)し (yokan shi), past 予(よ)感(かん)した (yokan shita))

  1. have a feeling, hunch, premonition
  2. have a foreboding

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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