勘
かん · kan · JLPT N3 · noun
percept
🔮 勘 = 甚 extremely + 力 power; kan sounds like can, as in I can just sense it
Taken apart, 勘 is 甚 (extremely) plus 力 (strength or power). Its first meaning was to examine or weigh things carefully, as in 勘定 (counting up a bill). From there it came to mean a sharp sense for things. Hook: kan = I can tell.