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察し

insight, understanding

noun Rare #41,858
insight, understanding Often used in expressions such as 察しがいい (perceptive) and お察しの通り (as you can imagine).
JA: 彼は察しがいいので、私が困っていることにすぐ気づいた。
EN: He is very perceptive, so he quickly noticed that I was having trouble.

察しが悪いじゃないか

You're pretty slow on the uptake, aren't you?

— さらば、わが愛／覇王別姫 (1993)

私たちのじゃまをしなかったとはあなたも察しがよかった。

It was perceptive of you not to get in our way.

察しがいいね

You're quick to catch on.

— ザ・マン・フロム・アース (2007)

何が起きてるのか、察しはついてたさ。

I had a pretty good idea what was going on.