覚 — meaning in English
satori
Japanese → English · translate English → Japanese instead
English meaning
- satori noun A sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study.
Senses
覚 is used for these senses in English:
- satori (Japanese mythology) A yokai having the form of a mind-reading monkey-like creature said to dwell in the mountains of the historical Japanese provinces of Hida and Mino (present-day Gifu Prefecture).
satori — full definition
- noun A sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study.
- noun Enlightenment, epiphany.
- noun A mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males).