予想

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
そう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
豫想 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) そー [yòsóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [jo̞so̞ː]

    Noun

    ()(そう) • (yosō) 

    1. expectation; anticipation
      予想(よそう)以上(いじょう)(たか)
      yosō ijō ni takai
      more expensive than one expected
      (かれ)予想(よそう)(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
      リーマン予想(よそう)
      rīman'yosō
      the Riemann hypothesis

    Verb

    ()(そう)する • (yosō suru) suru (stem ()(そう) (yosō shi), past ()(そう)した (yosō shita))

    1. expect; anticipate
      明日(あした)大雨(おおあめ)()ることが予想(よそう)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10億(じゅうおく)ドルかかると予想(よそう)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

    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
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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