積算|せきさんsekisan[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbaddition; adding up
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbintegration
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbestimate; quantity survey
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 積算する(せきさんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 積算します(せきさんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 積算しない(せきさんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 積算しません(せきさんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 積算せず・積算せぬ(せきさんせず・せきさんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 積算した(せきさんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 積算しました(せきさんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 積算しなかった(せきさんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 積算しませんでした(せきさんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 積算して(せきさんして) |
| Potential | 積算できる(せきさんできる) |
| Passive | 積算される(せきさんされる) |
| Causative | 積算させる(せきさんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 積算させられる(せきさんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 積算すれば(せきさんすれば) |
| tara | 積算したら(せきさんしたら) |
| Volitional | 積算しよう(せきさんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 積算しましょう(せきさんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 積算しろ(せきさんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym見積もりみつもりNeutralEstimating costs or quoting a price in advance, as in 「見積もりを出す」; the everyday term in business.
- Related目算もくさんNeutralA rough estimate made by eye or in one's head; it stresses rough gauging, where 「積算」 adds up item by item.
- Related推計すいけいNeutralAn estimate derived statistically, as in 「推計人口」; the word has a statistical flavor.
- Related算用さんようWrittenA written/formal, dated word for calculation or accounting, also payment; now seen mostly in 「算用数字」, while 「積算」 stresses item-by-item accumulation.
- Related値積もりねづもりNeutralRoughly pricing something out; the focus is on the price, and it is less common than 「積算」, which totals up item by item.
- Related推算すいさんNeutralCalculating on the basis of inference; the emphasis is on the guesswork, not on the item-by-item totaling of 「積算」.
- Antonym減算げんざんNeutralThe antonym: subtraction — the opposite of the adding-up that 「積算」 does.
Use 「積算」 for adding up item by item to reach a total, or for calculating construction costs, as in 「積算電力計」 and 「工事費の積算」. For a price quote say 「見積もり」, for a rough guess 「目算」, and for statistical estimation 「推計」.
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