計算|けいさんkeisan[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbcalculation; computation; reckoning; counting; adding up; working out; figures
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbconsideration; calculation; estimation; expectation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 計算する(けいさんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 計算します(けいさんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 計算しない(けいさんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 計算しません(けいさんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 計算せず・計算せぬ(けいさんせず・けいさんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 計算した(けいさんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 計算しました(けいさんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 計算しなかった(けいさんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 計算しませんでした(けいさんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 計算して(けいさんして) |
| Potential | 計算できる(けいさんできる) |
| Passive | 計算される(けいさんされる) |
| Causative | 計算させる(けいさんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 計算させられる(けいさんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 計算すれば(けいさんすれば) |
| tara | 計算したら(けいさんしたら) |
| Volitional | 計算しよう(けいさんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 計算しましょう(けいさんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 計算しろ(けいさんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym勘定かんじょうNeutralListed as an antonym but actually close to 「計算」 in its money sense; it also means paying the bill, as in 「お勘定」.
- Synonym算定さんていWrittenWritten/formal prose for arriving at a definite figure by calculation, as in 「損害額の算定」; 「計算」 is broader and need not stress a fixed amount.
- Synonym演算えんざんWrittenA math and computing term for operations, as in 「四則演算」; 「計算」 is not restricted to technical contexts.
- Synonym算出さんしゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose for obtaining a result by calculation, as in 「費用を算出する」; it stresses getting a concrete figure.
- Synonym見積もるみつもるNeutralTo estimate costs or time in advance, as in 「見積もりを出す」; it stresses advance appraisal. 「計算」 covers both working out values and figuring.
- Synonym計数けいすうWrittenWritten/formal prose for counting or for a number obtained by calculation; rare. In everyday speech use 「計算」 or 「数える」.
- Related割り出すわりだすNeutralTo work a result out by calculation, or to deduce something like a culprit from clues; 「計算」 focuses on the calculation itself.
- Related積もるつもるNeutralBasically means snow or dust piling up, or things accumulating; its estimate sense is rare — say 「見積もる」. Overlaps with 「計算」 only in estimating.
- RelatedカウントCasualA loanword for counting, or for the score count and knock-down count in sports; not used for mathematical calculation.
- Related数えるかぞえるNeutralTo count items one by one or check their order, and also to enumerate; 「計算」 is about getting a value through calculation.
- Related目算もくさんNeutralEstimating by eye or figuring in one's head, stressing rough judgement and expectations; 「計算」 can also mean expectation, plus actual calculation.
- Related運算うんざんWrittenRare even in writing; to get a value by following a formula. Say 「演算」 or 「計算」 instead — 「計算」 also covers figuring and expectations.
- Related算用さんようWrittenAn old-fashioned word for calculating or reckoning accounts, seen in 「捕らぬ狸の皮算用」; in daily use say 「計算」.
- Relatedはじき出すはじきだすCasualColloquial: to work out a result by calculation, or to push someone out; 「計算」 refers only to arithmetic and figuring.
- Related胸算用むなざんようNeutralFiguring things out in one's head beforehand, stressing expectations; 「計算」 can also mean such figuring but usually refers to actual calculation.
- Related胸積もりむなづもりWrittenCalculating in one's head; rare in daily use — 「暗算」 is the usual word. 「計算」 is not limited to mental arithmetic.
- Related推算すいさんWrittenWritten/formal prose for estimating from known data, as in population estimates; the result is conjectural. 「計算」 need not rest on inference.
Use 「計算」 for mathematical working-out or for weighing gains and losses, as in 「計算に入れる」. To pay the bill say 「勘定」; to pin down a definite figure, 「算定」; to estimate costs in advance, 「見積もる」; to count one by one, 「数える」. The rest are specialist, written, or rare alternatives.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


