勘 (かん): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

勘 (かん) means intuition / perception / sixth sense.

See example sentences below.

勘 at a glance

勘

かんkan

N3noun

intuition / perception / sixth sense

勘かんkanN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

intuition / perception / sixth sense

Example 1

彼は勘が鋭い人です。

Translation

He is a person with sharp intuition.

Example 2

勘でその問題を解決した。

Translation

I solved the problem by intuition.