JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

予感 (yokan)

予感 (よかん, yokan) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “presentiment; premonition”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
よかん
Romaji
yokan
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. presentiment; premonition; hunch · noun
  2. to have a premonition; to have a hunch · suru verb, transitive · usu. 予感がする

Example sentences

吹き荒れる嵐の予感に、僕らはこぞって震えあがった。
At this hint of the violent storm to come we shuddered as one.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 予感

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary予感するよかんする yokansuru
Polite (~masu)予感しますよかんします yokanshimasu
Negative予感しないよかんしない yokanshinai
Polite negative予感しませんよかんしません yokanshimasen
Past予感したよかんした yokanshita
Polite past予感しましたよかんしました yokanshimashita
Negative past予感しなかったよかんしなかった yokanshinakatta
Te-form予感してよかんして yokanshite
Potential予感できるよかんできる yokandekiru
Passive予感されるよかんされる yokansareru
Causative予感させるよかんさせる yokansaseru
Volitional予感しようよかんしよう yokanshiyou
Imperative予感しろよかんしろ yokanshiro
Conditional (~ba)予感すればよかんすれば yokansureba

Kanji in 予感

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 予感.

Source: JMdict entry 1542910 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.