目算|もくさんmokusan[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verbrough estimate; rough calculation
2. nounexpectation; anticipation; plan

• Synonym見積もりみつもりNeutralFor advance estimates of costs, amounts or timeframes, as in 「見積もりを出す」; 目算 suggests a rough eyeball gauge or a plan formed in one's head.
• Synonym見当けんとうNeutralA rough guess or sense of where things stand, as in 「見当がつく」; it leans toward getting one's bearings rather than gauging by eye.
• Synonym見込むみこむNeutralVerb: to count something in or rate someone highly, as in 「腕を見込む」.
• Synonym思惑おもわくNeutralScheming or intentions, and also what others think, as in 「世間の思惑」.
• Synonym予想よそうNeutralThe most general word for predicting an outcome, as in 「予想が外れる」; it targets results.
• Synonym予測よそくNeutralForecasting future conditions from data or experience, as in 「需要予測」; 目算 is a rougher gauge.
• Synonym胸算用むなざんようCasualColloquial: mentally tallying gains and losses before acting; 目算 covers rough visual gauging as well as mental figuring.
• Synonym胸積もりむなづもりCasualColloquial and rare: figuring or planning only in one's head; close to 「胸算用」.
• Related見積もるみつもるNeutralVerb for working out costs, quantities or time in advance, as in 「費用を見積もる」; 目算 is a rougher, eyeball-based gauge.
• Related見込みみこみNeutralOutlook or likelihood, as in 「完成の見込み」; the focus is on prospects and possibility rather than measuring.
• Related推定すいていWrittenWritten style: inferring facts from circumstances, as in 「推定年齢」; it is about judging what is true, not measuring.
• Related推計すいけいWrittenWritten style: statistical estimation, as in 「推計人口」; tied to data.
• Related推測すいそくNeutralThe most general word for guessing, as in 「原因を推測する」; not restricted to calculation.
• Related推察すいさつWrittenWritten style: surmising or inferring, used especially for sensing what others feel or think, as in 「ご推察ください」; its focus leans toward people's minds.
• Related推量すいりょうWrittenWritten style: conjecture; also a grammar term in 「推量の助動詞」.
• Related想定そうていWrittenWritten style: assuming or envisioning a situation in advance, as in 「想定外」.
• Related値踏みねぶみNeutralJudging value or worth, including sizing people up as in 「人を値踏みする」; the emphasis is on value judgment, not rough measuring.
• Related推算すいさんWrittenWritten style: calculating from inference, often in astronomy or statistics.
• Related値積もりねづもりWrittenWritten style and rare: roughly pricing goods or services; close to 「値踏み」.
• Related心づもりこころづもりCasualColloquial: plans or preparations held in mind, as in 「心づもりをしておく」; 目算 also carries the sense of rough gauging.
• Antonym実績じっせきNeutralAntonym: actual results, set against 目算's advance estimating.

Use 「目算」 for a rough gauge made by eye or a plan figured in your head, as in 「目算が外れる」. For formal advance estimates of cost or time pick 「見積もり」; for plain guessing pick 「推測」; for predicting outcomes pick 「予想」; for actual results pick 「実績」. The rest cover narrower ground: 「見当」 for bearings, 「値踏み」 for value judgments, 「胸算用」 and 「心づもり」 for mental figuring, 「見込み」 for prospects, 「推算」「推定」「推計」「推察」「推量」 for written-style inference, 「思惑」 for intentions, 「想定」 for assumed scenarios.

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1. 目めで見みてつけたおおよその見当けんとう。目分めぶん量りょう。
2. 予定よてい。もくろみ。見積みつもり。