intuition · consider

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 勘 concerns judgment or intuition and is read かん.
• Basic usage: On its own, 勘 means intuition or a knack; 勘定 can refer to a bill or an accounting account.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A feel developed through experience
  • 長年の勘 refers to a feel developed through long experience. Here 勘 is not the act of calculating money.
• Bill and account
  • 食事の勘定 concerns payment for a meal, while 勘定 in a ledger refers to an accounting account. The complete word and its context distinguish the meanings.