計算|けいさんkeisan[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcalculation; computation; reckoning; counting; adding up; working out; figures
    旅行りょこうの総そう費用ひようを計算けいさんしてくれますか。↗
    Can you work out the total cost of the trip?
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbconsideration; calculation; estimation; expectation
    彼かれは自分じぶんの行為こういの結果けっかがどうなるかを計算けいさんした。↗
    He calculated the consequences of his action.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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

Japanese definitions
  1. 演算えんざんをして数値すうちを求もとめること。
  2. 状況じょうきょうを判断はんだんして過程かていや結果けっかを予測よそくすること。想定そうていすること。あてにすること。考慮こうりょに入いれること。
  3. 効果こうかが発揮はっきされることを狙ねらって綿密めんみつに工夫くふうをこらすこと。
  4. 主おもに金銭きんせんに関かんする法律ほうりつ行為こういにおいて、金銭きんせんの債権さいけん債務さいむが帰属きぞくしていること。
  5. 企業きぎょう会計かいけい、企業きぎょう財務ざいむ。
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