推測

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See also: 推测

Chinese

push; refuse (responsibility); shove
 
side; to lean; to survey
side; to lean; to survey; to measure; conjecture
trad. (推測) 推 測
simp. (推测) 推 测

Pronunciation

Verb

推測

  1. to surmise; to speculate; to conjecture; to suppose

Synonyms

Noun

推測

  1. surmise; speculation; conjecture; supposition

Japanese

Kanji in this term
推 測
すい
Grade: 6 		そく
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

推(すい)測(そく) • (suisoku) 

  1. speculation, conjecture, guesswork

Verb

推(すい)測(そく)する • (suisoku suru) transitive suru (stem 推(すい)測(そく)し (suisoku shi), past 推(すい)測(そく)した (suisoku shita))

  1. speculate, guess, surmise
    女性(じょせい)の年齢(ねんれい)を推測(すいそく)する
    josei no nenrei o suisoku suru
    guess a woman's age

Conjugation

Conjugation of "推測する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 推測し すいそくし suisoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 推測し すいそくし suisoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 推測する すいそくする suisoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 推測する すいそくする suisoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 推測すれ すいそくすれ suisoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 推測せよ¹
推測しろ² 		すいそくせよ¹
すいそくしろ² 		suisoku seyo¹
suisoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 推測される すいそくされる suisoku sareru
Causative 推測させる
推測さす 		すいそくさせる
すいそくさす 		suisoku saseru
suisoku sasu
Potential 推測できる すいそくできる suisoku dekiru
Volitional 推測しよう すいそくしよう suisoku shiyō
Negative 推測しない すいそくしない suisoku shinai
Negative continuative 推測せず すいそくせず suisoku sezu
Formal 推測します すいそくします suisoku shimasu
Perfective 推測した すいそくした suisoku shita
Conjunctive 推測して すいそくして suisoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 推測すれば すいそくすれば suisoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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