示唆|しさshisa[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsuggestion; hint; implication
   アントレの書物しょもつの事実じじつ誤認ごにんの数かずは、アベルが示唆しさした数かずよりも相当そうとうに少すくない。↗

   The number of errors of fact in Arendt's book are considerably fewer than Abel implies.

• Synonym暗示あんじNeutralCovers hints and also psychological suggestion, stressing what is left unsaid; 「示唆」 is more written, pointing to insight or implied possibilities.
• SynonymヒントNeutralLoanword for a hint; colloquial, and focused on clues that help solve a problem.
• SynonymほのめかすNeutralVerb for hinting at something indirectly, with words that carry a hidden message; stresses vague disclosure.
• SynonymサジェスチョンNeutralRare loanword for a suggestion or proposal put forward openly for reference; 「示唆」 leans toward hinting and inspiring.
• SynonymほのめかしNeutralA noun for vague, indirect disclosure; stresses talking around a point rather than stating it outright.
• Related黙示もくしWrittenWritten word for expressing one's will tacitly; also religious revelation, as in 「黙示録」. 「示唆」 instead hints at possibilities.
• Related諷喩ふうゆWrittenWritten and rare: hinting at something through metaphor; also means allegory.
• Antonym明言めいげんWrittenStating something plainly and explicitly; the written opposite of the suggestive 「示唆」.
• Antonym断言だんげんNeutralAsserting something flatly and firmly; the opposite of the reserved, suggestive 「示唆」.

Use 「示唆」 in written prose to inspire insight or suggest a possibility, as in 「示唆に富む」 or 「…を示唆する」. For ordinary hints say 「暗示」, for a colloquial problem-solving clue 「ヒント」, for vague indirect disclosure 「ほのめかす」. The opposites are 「明言」 and 「断言」.

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1. 婉曲えんきょくに表あらわすこと。遠回とおまわしに表現ひょうげんすること。
2. そのような可能性かのうせいがあることが意図いとせず示しめされること。読み取よみとれること。
3. 相手あいてに理解りかいさせたり考かんがえさせたりするよう断片的だんぺんてきなヒントを示しめすこと。そのようなヒント。含蓄がんちく。