偶察力

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偶 察 力
ぐう
Grade: S 		さつ
Grade: 4 		りょく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

偶然 (ぐうぜん, gūzen: “accident”) + 察知 (さっち, satchi: “perceive”) + 力 (ちから, chikara: “ability”)

This Japanese word was newly created by Dr. Shigekazu Sawaizumi as the translation word for serendipity, in his publication in 2002.[1]

Noun

偶(ぐう)察(さつ)力(りょく) • (gūsatsuryoku) 

  1. Japanese translation word for serendipity.

Synonyms

  • セレンディピティ (serendipiti)

References

  1. ^ Sawaizumi, Shigekazu (2002) 偶然からモノを見つけだす能力：「セレンディビティ」の活かし方, Japan: Kadokawa, →ISBN, page 69
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.