| お眼鏡;御眼鏡 | [おめがね, omegane] (n) (See 眼鏡にかなう) (your) judgment; discernment |
| 不立文字 | [ふりゅうもんじ;ふりつもんじ, furyuumonji ; furitsumonji] (exp) Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) |
| 教外別伝 | [きょうげべつでん, kyougebetsuden] (n) (See 不立文字) Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) |
| 明察 | [めいさつ, meisatsu] (n,vs) discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen |
| 洞察力 | [どうさつりょく, dousatsuryoku] (n) insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen |
| 無学無識 | [むがくむしき, mugakumushiki] (n) illiterate and ignorant; uneducated and lacking in wisdom and discernment |
| 甲乙 | [こうおつ, kouotsu] (n) (1) A and B; excellent and good; similarity; (2) discrimination; discernment; distinction; (3) first and second parties (in legal contexts); (P) |
| 眼光 | [がんこう, gankou] (n) glint in eye; discernment |
| 眼鏡 | [めがね(P);がんきょう(P), megane (P); gankyou (P)] (n) (1) spectacles; glasses; (2) (めがね only) judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight; (P) |
| 見識 | [けんしき, kenshiki] (n) views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect; (P) |
| 識別(P);職別(iK) | [しきべつ, shikibetsu] (n,vs) discrimination; discernment; identification; (P) |
| 識別力 | [しきべつりょく, shikibetsuryoku] (n) ability to discriminate or discern; (powers of) discrimination or discernment |
| 識見 | [しきけん;しっけん, shikiken ; shikken] (n) views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect; insight |
| 賢察 | [けんさつ, kensatsu] (n,vs) discernment |
| 鑑識;鑒識 | [かんしき, kanshiki] (n,vs) (1) judgement; judgment; discernment; discrimination; having eye for; (n) (2) forensics; crime lab |
| 飛耳長目 | [ひじちょうもく, hijichoumoku] (exp) sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge |