own senses

language: ja

definitions

  1. The individual perceptual faculties (such as sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell) that belong specifically to a particular person.
    ja: 自分自身の感覚
  2. A person's personal judgment, intuition, or rational faculty, often used when contrasting internal understanding with external advice or societal pressure.
    ja: 個人の判断力
  3. Used in expressions like 'come to one's own senses' to describe recovering from a state of confusion, shock, intoxication, or unconsciousness and returning to normal awareness or rationality.
    ja: 正気に戻る

examples

  1. She decided to trust her own senses rather than listen to the rumors.

    彼女は噂に耳を貸すよりも、自分自身の感覚を信じることにした。

  2. After years of following industry trends, he finally started relying on his own senses.

    長年業界のトレンドに従ってきたが、彼はついに自分自身の感覚を信じるようになった。

  3. It took a sudden cold shower to bring him back to his own senses after the startling news.

    衝撃的なニュースの後、突然の冷たいシャワーを浴びて、彼はようやく正気に戻った。