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霊感が強い

Grammar & Usage

fixed expression

neutral

How it works

This phrase combines the noun 霊感 (reikan, spiritual intuition/inspiration/sixth sense) with が (ga, subject marker) and the i-adjective 強い (tsuyoi, strong). It literally means "spiritual intuition is strong" and describes a person who is highly sensitive to spiritual phenomena, has strong intuition, or possesses psychic abilities.

Sample sentences

彼女は霊感が強いので、時々未来の出来事を予知することがあるそうです。

She is said to be very spiritually sensitive, so she sometimes foresees future events.

子供の頃から霊感が強くて、目に見えないものを感じることがよくありました。

Ever since I was a child, I've had strong spiritual sensitivity, often feeling things that are invisible.

占師は皆、霊感が強いと思われがちですが、実際は経験と洞察力も重要です。

Fortune tellers are often thought to all have strong psychic abilities, but in reality, experience and insight are also important.

Quick facts

nuance:While 霊感 can refer to artistic inspiration, when combined with 強い, it almost exclusively refers to psychic or spiritual sensitivity rather than creative genius.

adjectivalUsage:The phrase functions adjectivally to describe a person, e.g., 霊感が強い人 (reikan ga tsuyoi hito - a person with strong psychic abilities).

Often used with

霊感がある (reikan ga aru - to have spiritual intuition)

霊能力 (reinōryoku - psychic ability)

直感が鋭い (chokkan ga surudoi - to have sharp intuition)

霊感が宿る (reikan ga yadoru - for spiritual inspiration to dwell within)

霊感が働く (reikan ga hataraku - for intuition/sixth sense to work)

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Example

彼女は霊感が強いので、時々未来の出来事を予知することがあるそうです。

She is said to be very spiritually sensitive, so she sometimes foresees future events.

子供の頃から霊感が強くて、目に見えないものを感じることがよくありました。

Ever since I was a child, I've had strong spiritual sensitivity, often feeling things that are invisible.