How to say "implication" in Japanese

• 示唆しさCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbImplication in the sense of a suggestion or hint that something is the case, often conveyed indirectly by a remark, finding, or piece of evidence. It points to what a statement implies rather than states outright.
  アントレの書物しょもつの事実じじつ誤認ごにんの数かずは、アベルが示唆しさした数かずよりも相当そうとうに少すくない。↗

  The number of errors of fact in Arendt's book are considerably fewer than Abel implies.
• 黙示もくしCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbImplication in the tacit sense: something conveyed without being stated outright, the meaning carried by what is left unsaid. Choose it when the emphasis falls on the message being implied rather than spoken.
• 含みふくみCommon
  nounImplication as hidden meaning: what someone's words contain beneath the surface, an unspoken message or atmosphere. Suits a remark that carries more than it plainly says, leaving the listener room to read between the lines.
  彼かれの発言はつげんは含ふくみとして何なんを言いいたかったのですか。↗

  What was the implication of his remark?
• 連座れんざCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbImplication only in the criminal sense: being implicated in a crime, i.e. involvement in wrongdoing alongside others. For a hint, suggestion, or hidden meaning, this is not the word you want.
• 含蓄がんちくCommon
  noun, suru verbImplication as depth of meaning: significance and connotation that lie beneath the surface of what is expressed, rather than a specific hint. Suits writing or speech whose full meaning emerges only on reflection.

Use 示唆 for a suggestion or hint that something is the case, 「含み」 for hidden meaning behind words, 含蓄 for depth of meaning, 黙示 for tacit implication, and 連座 only for implication in a crime.

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• 示唆しさsuggestion
• 黙示もくし(tacitly) implying
• 含みふくみimplication
• 連座れんざimplication (in a crime)
• 含蓄がんちくimplication
• 意味合いいみあいimplication
• 包含ほうがんinclusion
• 暗示あんじhint
• 含意がんいimplication
• インプリケーションimplication
• 連累れんるいcomplicity
• 言外の意味げんがいのいみsubtext
• 関わり合いかかわりあいrelationship
• 累るいtrouble
• 係り合いかかりあいrelationship
• 同座どうざinvolvement
• 内観ないかんimplication
• 内含ないがん(material) implication