ほんのう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. instinct
Or perhaps they are following their instincts.
Pitch accent
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Composed of
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
instinctive; instinctual
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
survival instinct
Examples (12 in total)
It's because it appeals to their instincts.
It's something like human instinct.
Fundamental instincts will not go away.
Animals act according to their instincts.
Animals act on instinct.
But it is human to resist instinct.
Instinct told me that I should do so.
Your wild instinct is sensing danger.
Was that a warrior's instinct that had been lying dormant?
In making a decision, I rely not on logic but on instinct.
However, using it causes one to be dragged along by instinct, making one's thinking a bit dull.
When you rely on the team too much, it may reduce your individual competitive instincts.