察し

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
察
さつ > さっ
Grade: 4
kan’on

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

察(さっ)し • (sasshi) 

  1. picking up on something, noticing something
    察(さっ)しが早(はや)い
    sasshi ga hayai
    quick to pick up on things; having keen senses

Verb[edit]

察(さっ)し • (sasshi) 

  1. imperfective and continuative of 察する (sassuru)
    あっ… (察(さっ)し)
    a'… (sasshi)
    (Internet slang) A specific phrase used when the speaker has just realized something.
    (literally, “ah... (just realized)”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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