Vocabulary

What does 予感 (よかん, yokan) mean?

予感 (よかん, yokan) means premonition, hunch.

Quick facts
Readingよかん
Romajiyokan
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
よかん
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonyokan

premonition, hunch

  1. 1noun presentiment; premonition; hunch
  2. 2suru verb · transitive to have a premonition; to have a hunch

Example sentences

  • Her hunch turned out to be right.

  • I had a bad feeling, and my heart grew uneasy.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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