予言|よげんyogen[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbprediction; prophecy; prognostication; foretelling; forecast
    君きみの予言よげんが当あたったよ。↗
    Your prophecy has come true.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb(religious) prophecy
Conjugation
Dictionary form予言する(よげんする)
Polite (masu)予言します(よげんします)
Negative (nai)予言しない(よげんしない)
polite (masen)予言しません(よげんしません)
classical zu / nu予言せず・予言せぬ(よげんせず・よげんせぬ)
Past (ta)予言した(よげんした)
polite (mashita)予言しました(よげんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)予言しなかった(よげんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)予言しませんでした(よげんしませんでした)
Te form予言して(よげんして)
Potential予言できる(よげんできる)
Passive予言される(よげんされる)
Causative予言させる(よげんさせる)
Causative passive予言させられる(よげんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)予言すれば(よげんすれば)
tara予言したら(よげんしたら)
Volitional予言しよう(よげんしよう)
polite (mashou)予言しましょう(よげんしましょう)
Imperative予言しろ(よげんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym預言よげんWrittenWritten religious term: a prophet relaying a divine oracle. 「予言」 is the general word for declaring what the future holds.
  • Related予告よこくNeutralNeutral: telling people in advance what is to come — notices, warnings, film trailers. 「予言」 is a claim about an unknown future.
  • Related予想よそうNeutralNeutral, common in daily life: an educated guess based on experience, not a firm declaration like 「予言」.
  • Related予測よそくNeutralNeutral: inferring the future from present conditions or data, as in 「需要予測」. 「予言」 may rest on mystical insight or on reasoning.
  • Related予期よきWrittenWritten/formal: expecting or anticipating something; mostly seen in 「予期せぬ」, meaning unexpected.
  • Related先見せんけんWrittenWritten/formal: foresight — the ability to look ahead, as in 「先見の明」; it stresses the insight itself.
  • Related見越すみこすNeutralNeutral verb: to foresee or anticipate, as in 「値上がりを見越して買う」; unlike 「予言」, the prediction need not be stated at all.
  • Related見通すみとおすNeutralNeutral verb: to see through things or make out what lies ahead, as in 「先を見通す」.
  • Related前触れまえぶれNeutralNeutral: a sign or advance notice that something is coming — an omen or herald, not a claim about the future.
  • Related前知ぜんちWrittenWritten and rare: simply knowing something before it happens, without necessarily expressing it; 「予言」 puts the prediction into words.

Use 「予言」 for a firm declaration about the future, mystical or reasoned, as in 「ノストラダムスの予言」; 「預言」 is the religious term for prophets. For guesswork choose 「予想」 (everyday hunches) or 「予測」 (data-based), 「予期」 for expectations, 「予告」 for advance notice, 「前触れ」 for omens, and 「先見」 for foresight. The verbs 「見越す」 and 「見通す」 express anticipating or foreseeing without declaring.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. (よげん)神秘的しんぴてきな洞察力どうさつりょくにより、未来みらいの事象じしょうをあらかじめ言明げんめいすること。また、科学的かがくてき・論理的ろんりてきな推測すいそくにより未来みらいを予測よそくして言いうこと。
  2. (よげん)預言よげん。
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