How to say 'Guess' or 'Speculation' in Japanese | 推測

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The Japanese word for Guess or Speculation is 'Suisoku', written as 推測 in Japanese.'Guess' or 'Speculation' in hiragana is すいそく.

word

推測

Meaning

Guess, Speculation

Reading

すいそく

suisoku

Kanji

推Infer 測Measure, Conjecture

Explanation

The Japanese verbal noun '推測 (すいそく)' refers to the act of making an educated guess or forming a hypothesis based on available information. It is often used in contexts where there is uncertainty or incomplete data, and it implies a logical process of reasoning rather than a random guess. For example: His guess was correct「彼の推測は正しかった」(かれのすいそくはただしかった). We can only speculate about the future「未来について推測することしかできない」(みらいについてすいそくすることしかできない). It is important to note that '推測' carries a slightly more formal tone compared to casual words like '当てずっぽう (あてずっぽう)' (wild guess).

Part Of Speech

verbal noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

3879

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 推測

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

推

Meaning

Infer

kanji

測

Meaning

Measure, Conjecture

Words Related to 推測 Through the Kanji 推

These 4 Words contain the Kanji 推 as well.

word

推進

Meaning

Promotion

word

推定

Meaning

Estimation

word

Words Related to 推測 Through the Kanji 測

These 4 Words contain the Kanji 測 as well.

word

予測

Meaning

Prediction

word

測る

Meaning

Measure

word

観測

Meaning

Observation

word

測定

Meaning

Measurement

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'Suisoku' means 'Guess' or 'Speculation' .

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