みなす・見なす・見做す・看做すminasu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
   私はその男おとこを敵てきと見みなした。↗

   I regarded the man as an enemy.

• Synonym考えるかんがえるNeutralA neutral verb for thinking or considering, the most versatile of all; 「見なす」 is for judging something to be a certain state, and in legal use a conclusive fiction.
• Synonym思うおもうNeutralThe everyday word for thinking or feeling that something is so; 「見なす」 is more about judging or treating something as a given state.
• Synonym決め込むきめこむCasualA colloquial verb for arbitrarily taking something for granted or pretending, as in 「知らん顔を決め込む」; 「見なす」 is a neutral judgment.
• Related推察すいさつWrittenWritten style: inferring a matter or someone's feelings from clues, as in 「ご推察の通り」; 「見なす」 instead judges something to be so.
• Related推量すいりょうWrittenWritten style for conjecture or surmise; 「見なす」 instead judges something to be a certain state.
• Related想定そうていWrittenWritten style for envisaging or assuming a situation, as in 「想定外」; 「見なす」 instead judges something to be so.
• Related仮想かそうWrittenWritten style for the hypothetical or virtual, as in 「仮想敵」; 「見なす」 instead judges something to be the case.
• Related仮定かていWrittenWritten style for provisionally assuming something as a premise for reasoning; 「見なす」 instead judges it to be so.
• Related推定すいていWrittenWritten style; in law a presumption that counter-evidence can overturn, whereas 「見なす」 is a legal fiction admitting no rebuttal.
• Related憶測おくそくWrittenWritten style for speculating on uncertain grounds, as in 「憶測が飛ぶ」; 「見なす」 is a firm judgment.
• Related想像そうぞうNeutralA neutral word for imagining or guessing, as in 「想像力」; 「見なす」 instead judges something to be so.
• Related予測よそくNeutralA neutral word for predicting the future, as in 「天気予測」; 「見なす」 instead judges something to be the case.
• Related思いなすおもいなすWrittenA written verb for being convinced something is so; 「見なす」 is about judging or treating it as such.
• Related憶断おくだんWrittenWritten style for concluding on mere conjecture; 「見なす」 instead judges or treats something as a given state.
• Related措定そていWrittenA written, philosophical term for positing something; 「見なす」 instead judges or treats it as a certain state.

Use 「見なす」 to judge or treat something as a certain state, as in 「欠席と見なす」; in legal texts it is a conclusive fiction that admits no rebuttal. For everyday thinking or feeling, 「思う」 and 「考える」 are the natural choices. Use 「推定」 for a rebuttable legal presumption, 「推察」 for reading between the lines, 「仮定」 for working assumptions, and 「決め込む」 for jumping to conclusions or pretending.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 見みてそうであることを判断はんだんする。
2. ある条件じょうけんの成就じょうじゅにより、事実じじつのいかんに関かかわらず、そうであることを判断はんだんする。
3. ある事物じぶつと性質せいしつの異ことなる事物じぶつでも、一定いっていの条件じょうけんにより同一どういつ視しされ、同おなじ法律上ほうりつじょうの効果こうかが生しょうずること。擬制ぎせい。