Illustration: At the doorway of a neighborhood animal shelter, a visitor recoils slightly on first seeing a very large, stern-faced man with a shaved head and heavy work boots. The visitor clutches a bag defensively and keeps one foot outside.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

先せん入にゅう観かん

sennyuukan

preconception, prejudice

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは先入観せんにゅうかんに縛しばられている。

    I’m biased.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. トムとメアリーは先入観せんにゅうかんにとらわれているんじゃないかな。

    I suspect that Tom and Mary are biased.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そういうの、先入観せんにゅうかんっていうんだよっ！体験たいけんしたこと無ないのに、決きめ付つけるのはよくないっ！

    That’s what they call 'prejudice'! It’s wrong to make your mind up on something you’ve never experienced!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 先入観

  • 先before; aheadOnセンKunさき・まず
  • 入enter; insertOnニュウ・ジュKunいる・いれる・はいる
  • 観outlook; lookOnカンKunみる・しめす

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