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    感覚がピンとくる (kankaku ga pin to kuru) - To get a feeling/hunch

    Grammar & Usage

    fixed expression
    neutral

    How it works

    This phrase combines '感覚 (kankaku)' meaning 'sense' or 'feeling', the particle 'が (ga)' indicating the subject, and 'ピンとくる (pin to kuru)' which is an onomatopoeic expression meaning 'to click' or 'to come to mind sharply'. It describes the sudden arrival of an understanding, intuition, or a correct feeling about something.

    Sample sentences

    その話を聞いて、やっと感覚がピンと来た。

    After hearing that story, I finally got a sense of it.

    なぜか彼女の言葉にピンとくるものがあった。

    For some reason, there was something about her words that just clicked with me.

    このデザインは私にはあまりピンとこない。

    This design doesn't really appeal to me / doesn't click with me.

    Quick facts

    onomatopoeia:ピン (pin) is an onomatopoeia indicating a sudden, sharp, or quick sensation or sound, often related to something snapping, clicking, or coming to mind swiftly.
    grammatical_structure:Xがピンとくる means 'X clicks/makes sense/feels right'. X is usually an abstract concept like 'feeling', 'intuition', 'answer', 'story', etc.

    Mnemonic

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    Example

    その話を聞いて、やっと感覚がピンと来た。

    After hearing that story, I finally got a sense of it.

    なぜか彼女の言葉にピンとくるものがあった。

    For some reason, there was something about her words that just clicked with me.

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