見通し・見透し|みとおしmitooshi[0]heiban (flat)

1. noununobstructed view; perspective; visibility; vista
2. nounforecast; outlook; prospect; prediction
   その法ほう案あんは今こん会期かいき中ちゅうに成立せいりつする見通みとおしである。↗

   The bill is expected to be enacted during the present session.
3. nouninsight; foresight

• Synonym展望てんぼうWrittenWritten and formal, for a broad, macro-level outlook on the future; 「見通し」 also covers an open view and predicting how things will go.
• Synonym予期よきWrittenWritten word for anticipation, mostly in the negative 「予期せぬ」; 「見通し」 looks at prospects.
• Synonym予想よそうNeutralA guess at a specific result or outcome; 「見通し」 looks at the overall course of events.
• Synonym予断よだんWrittenJudging a result in advance, used mostly in the negative 「予断を許さない」.
• Synonym予測よそくNeutralConcretely estimating the future from data or experience; 「見通し」 is a judgment of overall prospects.
• SynonymパースペクティブNeutralLoanword for a viewpoint or perspective (as in drawing), with an academic flavor; 「見通し」 focuses on prediction.
• SynonymアウトルックNeutralLoanword for the outlook or prospects of something, heard mainly in economic reporting; 「見通し」 is the everyday word for a forecast.
• Related見込みみこみNeutralCovers hope and likelihood, as in 「見込みがある」; 「見通し」 is an overall prediction of how things will go.
• RelatedめどNeutralMeans a clue or prospect of getting something done, as in 「目処が立つ」; 「見通し」 is about predicting the outlook.
• Related予報よほうNeutralUsed for forecasts of weather and the like; 「見通し」 predicts how a situation or affair will develop.
• Related可能性かのうせいNeutralSimply denotes possibility or chance; 「見通し」 looks at the overall direction of events.
• Related予定よていNeutralRefers to plans and schedules fixed in advance; 「見通し」 is a predictive judgment about the future.
• Related洞察どうさつWrittenWritten word for insight that sees to the essence of things; 「見通し」 is about foreseeing prospects.
• Related識見しきけんWrittenFormal word for discernment and breadth of judgment; 「見通し」 centers on prediction.
• Related先見せんけんWrittenAppears chiefly in 「先見の明」, foresight; 「見通し」 is a forecast of how things will go.
• Related予見よけんWrittenWritten word for foreseeing what is to come; 「見通し」 is the more everyday choice.
• Related目算もくさんNeutralCovers rough visual estimates and personal intentions; 「見通し」 is about predicting prospects.
• RelatedプロスペクトNeutralRare loanword for prospects; in everyday speech say 「見通し」 or 「展望」.
• Related明察めいさつWrittenWritten word for clearly seeing the truth of a situation; 「ご明察」 respectfully credits another's judgment, while 「見通し」 is a forecast.
• Related洞見どうけんWrittenRare written word for insight; 「洞察」 is the usual term, and 「見通し」 is about prediction.
• Related達見たっけんWrittenRare written word for farsighted wisdom; 「見通し」 is a prediction of future prospects.
• Related達識たっしきWrittenRare written word for superior judgment and foresight; 「見通し」 centers on prediction.
• Related透察とうさつWrittenRare written word for penetrating insight; 「洞察」 is the common term, while 「見通し」 looks at prospects.

Use 「見通し」 for an unobstructed view or a forecast of how a situation will unfold, as in 「見通しが立つ」 or 「見通しが悪い」. For a broad, formal outlook on the future use 「展望」; for likelihood 「見込み」; for a clue to completion 「目処」; for concrete estimation 「予測」. Weather reports take 「予報」, fixed plans are 「予定」, and a guess at a result is 「予想」. The loanwords パースペクティブ and アウトルック are niche, and the written terms 洞察, 先見, 予見 and the like concern insight or foresight rather than prospects.

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1. 見通みとおすこと。
2. 長時間ちょうじかん見み続つづけること。みどおし。
3. 遮さえぎる物ものが無なく遠とおくまで見みえること。
4. 予測よそく。見込みこみ。
5. 他人たにんの本心ほんしんや計略けいりゃく、事情じじょうなどを見抜みぬくこと。おみとおし。
6. 「みとおす」の連用形れんようけい。