以心伝心

Reading

Kana: いしんでんしん

Romaji: ishindenshin

Definition

noun

adj-no

1

telepathy; tacit understanding; communion of mind with mind; sympathy

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

以

Readings: イ、 もっ.て

Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

伝

Readings: デン、 テン、 つた.わる、 つた.える、 つた.う、 つだ.う、 -づた.い、 つて

Meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition

Example Sentence

彼(かれ)とはツーと言(い)えばカーの仲(なか)だよ。以心伝心(いしんでんしん)の仲(なか)とでも言(い)っておこう。

➥He and I have a near-telepathic understanding of each other. No sooner does one of us say something than the other is already responding.