ishin-denshin
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- yojijukugo
- Subclass of
- nonverbal communication
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- language of work or name
- Japanese
- native label
- 以心伝心
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is an idiom commonly used in East Asian cultures, such as in Japan, Korea and China, which denotes a form of interpersonal communication through unspoken mutual understanding.
== Meaning == The four-character compound () in Japanese, ( "by means of heart, transmitting heart"), is sometimes translated into English as "heart-to-heart communication" in the sense of "immediate communication from one mind to another". It is also sometimes translated as "tacit understanding." Other commonly used translations include "telepathy" and "sympathy". The corresponding compound in Korean is ().
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