忖度|そんたくsontaku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsurmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb(showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility

• Synonym憶測おくそくWrittenA written word for guessing on flimsy grounds, often pejorative; 「忖度」 reads people's minds and nowadays often implies catering to a superior.
• Synonym推測すいそくNeutralThe neutral, general word for inferring the unknown from the known, about anything; 「忖度」 applies only to people's inner thoughts.
• Synonym推察すいさつWrittenA written word for surmising or reading another's feelings, common in 「ご推察の通り」; 「忖度」 has lately taken on a nuance of deferring to superiors.
• Synonym推量すいりょうWrittenA written word for conjecture, also a grammar term; 「忖度」 has other people's feelings as its object.
• Synonym察しさっしNeutralA neutral noun for sensing and taking a hint, as in 「察しがいい」; 「忖度」 leans written and lately hints at currying favor.
• Synonym推し量るおしはかるWrittenA native verb for inferring from other things, applicable to people's hearts; close to 「忖度」's original sense but without the catering nuance.
• Synonym臆度おくたくWrittenA rare written word for groundless speculation; 「忖度」 means reading others' minds.
• Synonym揣摩しまWrittenA written word seen mostly in 「揣摩憶測」, for wild guessing; 「忖度」 centers on reading people's hearts.
• Related類推るいすいWrittenA written word for reasoning by analogy from similar cases; the stress is on that method, while 「忖度」 centres on what is being read: another person's mind.
• Related予測よそくNeutralThe everyday word for predicting future conditions such as weather or sales; 「忖度」 is about reading people's minds and intentions rather than forecasting events.
• Related推定すいていWrittenA written word for concluding from circumstances that something holds; in law, presumption; 「忖度」 targets people's hearts.
• Related想像そうぞうNeutralImagining in one's head things never seen; 「忖度」 is strictly about divining others' feelings.
• Related決め込むきめこむCasualA colloquial verb for presumptuously assuming something, or pretending, as in 「知らん顔を決め込む」; 「忖度」 is about reading others.
• Related見当けんとうNeutralA neutral noun for a rough estimate or direction, as in 「見当がつく」; 「忖度」 concerns people's hearts.
• Related想定そうていNeutralA neutral word for assuming a situation in advance; 「忖度」 is about divining another's intentions.
• Related憶断おくだんWrittenA written word for settling on a conclusion by conjecture; 「忖度」 reads another's feelings without necessarily concluding anything.
• Related恐察きょうさつFormalA formal honorific for presuming to guess another's situation, mainly in letters; 「忖度」 nowadays often carries a note of currying favor.
• Related推知すいちWrittenA written word for coming to know by inference; 「忖度」 focuses on reading people's hearts.
• Related想察そうさつWrittenA rare written word for sensing another's feelings or situation; close to 「忖度」 in its original sense.
• Related思いなすおもいなすWrittenA rare written verb for assuming of oneself that something is so; 「忖度」 is about reading other people's minds.
• Related計り知るはかりしるWrittenA written verb, mostly negative as 「計り知れない」 'immeasurable'; 「忖度」 is about fathoming people's hearts.
• Antonym無視むしNeutralPaying no heed at all — the opposite of 「忖度」, which reads and heeds another's wishes.
• Antonym軽視けいしNeutralMaking light of or thinking little of something — the opposite of 「忖度」's careful consideration.

For general conjecture, use 「推測」; to read someone's feelings, 「察する」 or 「推し量る」. 「忖度」 originally meant divining people's hearts, but today it usually suggests catering to a superior's wishes — a nuance the others lack. Reach for 「憶測」 when guessing on shaky grounds, 「予測」 for the future, 「想定」 for assumed scenarios, 「見当」 for rough estimates, and 「決め込む」 for presumptuous assumptions.

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

1. (漢語かんご的てき表現ひょうげん) 他人たにんの内心ないしんや真意しんいを推し量おしはかること。
2. 意図いとを汲み取くみとること。斟酌しんしゃく。気きを回まわすこと。
3. 他人たにんの内心ないしんや真意しんいを推測すいそくする。
4. 意図いとを汲み取くみとる。斟酌しんしゃくする。気きを回まわす。