予想

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
予 想
よ
Grade: 3 		そう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
豫想 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

予(よ)想(そう) • (yosō) 

  1. expectation; anticipation
    予(よ)想(そう)以(い)上(じょう)に高(たか)い
    yosō ijō ni takai
    more expensive than one expected
    彼(かれ)は予(よ)想(そう)通(どお)りのことをいった。
    Kare wa yosōdōri no koto o itta.
    He said a thing that was expected.
  2. a forecast
  3. an estimate
  4. (mathematics) conjecture, hypothesis
    リーマン予(よ)想(そう)
    Rīman yosō
    the Riemann hypothesis

Derived terms

Verb

予(よ)想(そう)する • (yosō suru) suru (stem 予(よ)想(そう)し (yosō shi), past 予(よ)想(そう)した (yosō shita))

  1. expect; anticipate
    明日(あした)は大雨(おおあめ)が降(ふ)ることが予(よ)想(そう)されている。
    Ashita wa ōame ga furu koto ga yosō sareteiru.
    Heavy rain is expected tomorrow.
  2. estimate
    ダムの建設(けんせつ)には１０(じゅう)億(おく)ドルかかると予(よ)想(そう)される。
    Damu no kensetsu ni wa jūoku doru kakaru to yosō sareru.
    It is estimated that the cost of construction of the dam is up to 1 billion dollars.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "予想する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 予想し よそうし yosō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 予想し よそうし yosō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 予想する よそうする yosō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 予想する よそうする yosō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 予想すれ よそうすれ yosō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 予想せよ¹
予想しろ² 		よそうせよ¹
よそうしろ² 		yosō seyo¹
yosō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 予想される よそうされる yosō sareru
Causative 予想させる
予想さす 		よそうさせる
よそうさす 		yosō saseru
yosō sasu
Potential 予想できる よそうできる yosō dekiru
Volitional 予想しよう よそうしよう yosō shiyō
Negative 予想しない よそうしない yosō shinai
Negative continuative 予想せず よそうせず yosō sezu
Formal 予想します よそうします yosō shimasu
Perfective 予想した よそうした yosō shita
Conjunctive 予想して よそうして yosō shite
Hypothetical conditional 予想すれば よそうすれば yosō 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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