Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 本能
Words related to 本能
- (n) homing instinct
鳥には帰巣本能がある。
Birds have a homing instinct.
- (n) survival instinct
危険を避けて安全に生きるのが生存本能でしょうか。
I wonder if keeping your head down and living safely is a survival instinct?
- (n) Honnoji Incident; forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide (June 21, 1582)
- (n) maternal instinct
Sentences containing 本能
The most instinctive act of nearly every creature is to protect its young, and with humans, this response persists for a lifetime.
It cannot plausibly be argued that behaviour of such complexity derives entirely from instinct.
That is to say, a language is something that we learn and are taught, not something that we know by instinct.
When you rely on the team too much, it may reduce your individual competitive instincts.