猜疑|さいぎsaigi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsuspicion; jealousy
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 猜疑する（さいぎする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 猜疑します（さいぎします） |
| Negative (nai) | 猜疑しない（さいぎしない） |
| polite (masen) | 猜疑しません（さいぎしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 猜疑せず・猜疑せぬ（さいぎせず・さいぎせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 猜疑した（さいぎした） |
| polite (mashita) | 猜疑しました（さいぎしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 猜疑しなかった（さいぎしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 猜疑しませんでした（さいぎしませんでした） |
| Te form | 猜疑して（さいぎして） |
| Potential | 猜疑できる（さいぎできる） |
| Passive | 猜疑される（さいぎされる） |
| Causative | 猜疑させる（さいぎさせる） |
| Causative passive | 猜疑させられる（さいぎさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 猜疑すれば（さいぎすれば） |
| tara | 猜疑したら（さいぎしたら） |
| Volitional | 猜疑しよう（さいぎしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 猜疑しましょう（さいぎしましょう） |
| Imperative | 猜疑しろ（さいぎしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym疑ううたがうNeutralThe most common everyday verb for doubting or distrusting; more neutral than 「猜疑」, which implies suspecting hidden motives.
- Synonym怪しむあやしむNeutralNeutral; to feel that someone's behavior or appearance is suspicious, that something is fishy.
- Related懐疑かいぎWrittenWritten/formal prose for distrust of values or truth, as in 「懐疑的」; a rational, questioning doubt rather than suspicion of people.
- Related疑るうたぐるCasualColloquial verb for distrusting someone, with a paranoid, suspicious-of-everything nuance, as in 「人を疑る」; more casual than 「猜疑」.
- Related不審がるふしんがるNeutralNeutral; to show one's suspicion or puzzlement outwardly, looking doubtful; a lighter reaction than 「猜疑」.
- RelatedいぶかしむWrittenWritten/formal prose for feeling something is off or fishy and puzzling over it; a bookish way to be suspicious.
- Related狐疑こぎWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare; doubt tinged with hesitation, from the fox's wariness — wavering because of one's suspicions.
- Antonym信頼しんらいNeutralAntonym: to trust and rely on someone; the opposite of 「猜疑」 with its heavy load of suspicion.
- Antonym信用しんようNeutralAntonym: to take someone's words and actions at face value and trust them; the opposite of the jealous suspicion of 「猜疑」.
Use 「猜疑」 for suspecting something is hidden behind a person's words and actions; often as 「猜疑心」「猜疑の目」. For everyday doubting, 「疑う」 is the default; for rational skepticism, 「懐疑」. The opposite is 「信頼」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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