類推|るいすいruisui[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbanalogy
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, logicanalogical reasoning; analogical inference
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, linguisticsanalogy
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 類推する（るいすいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 類推します（るいすいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 類推しない（るいすいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 類推しません（るいすいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 類推せず・類推せぬ（るいすいせず・るいすいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 類推した（るいすいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 類推しました（るいすいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 類推しなかった（るいすいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 類推しませんでした（るいすいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 類推して（るいすいして） |
| Potential | 類推できる（るいすいできる） |
| Passive | 類推される（るいすいされる） |
| Causative | 類推させる（るいすいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 類推させられる（るいすいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 類推すれば（るいすいすれば） |
| tara | 類推したら（るいすいしたら） |
| Volitional | 類推しよう（るいすいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 類推しましょう（るいすいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 類推しろ（るいすいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym憶測おくそくWrittenA noun for subjective speculation on uncertain grounds, with a negative shade, as in 「憶測を呼ぶ」; 「類推」 rests on real similarities. Written/formal prose.
- SynonymアナロジーNeutralA loanword for analogy or metaphor, academic in flavor and very close to 「類推」 in meaning. Neutral register.
- Synonym類比るいひWrittenA noun for analogy or comparison of two things, used in academic prose; 「類推」 stresses drawing a conclusion from resemblance. Written/formal prose.
- Related推定すいていWrittenA noun for inferring a fact from evidence, common in legal and academic use, as in 「推定年齢」; 「類推」 reasons by analogy from similar cases. Written/formal prose.
- Related推測すいそくNeutralA noun for guessing from what is known; broader in range than 「類推」 and common in everyday use, while 「類推」 reasons specifically by analogy. Neutral register.
- Related推察すいさつWrittenA noun for surmising another's feelings or a situation, as in 「ご推察の通り」「原因を推察する」; 「類推」 instead draws conclusions from similar cases. Written/formal prose.
- Related推量すいりょうWrittenA noun for guesswork and supposition, also a grammar term for conjecture; 「類推」 specifically reasons by analogy from similar cases. Written/formal prose.
- Related忖度そんたくWrittenA noun for reading another's mind, by extension pandering to a superior's wishes, often negative; 「類推」 is plain reasoning by analogy. Written/formal prose.
- Related推し量るおしはかるNeutralA verb for gauging or surmising something, as in 「気持ちを推し量る」; use 「類推する」 when the inference is by analogy. Neutral register.
- Related予測よそくWrittenA noun for predicting the future, forward-looking; analogy may serve as one of its methods, unlike 「類推」, which is the inference itself. Written/formal prose.
- Related推知すいちWrittenA rare noun for inferring something and thereby knowing it; in daily speech 「推測」 is the normal choice. 「類推」 reasons from similar cases. Written/formal prose.
- Related臆度おくたくWrittenA word for groundless guessing; hardly used today, so say 「憶測」 instead. 「類推」 is reasoned analogy, not speculation. Written/formal prose.
- Related揣摩しまWrittenA word for surmising, especially guessing at another's thoughts; rare today — use 「推し量る」 in daily speech. 「類推」 reasons from parallels. Written/formal prose.
- Related憶断おくだんWrittenA noun for jumping to conclusions on scant evidence, with a critical nuance; 「類推」 is reasoned analogy, not rash judgment. Written/formal prose.
- Related計り知るはかりしるNeutralA verb for fathoming something and thus grasping it, mostly in the negative 「計り知れない」 (immeasurable); 「類推」 is active analogical reasoning. Neutral register.
Use 「類推」 when you reason from similarities between cases to a conclusion, as in 「類推する」. For general guessing choose 「推測」; for conclusions drawn from evidence, often legal, 「推定」; for reading another person's mind, 「推察」; for subjective speculation on shaky grounds, 「憶測」. In academic writing, the loanword 「アナロジー」 is close to 「類推」, and 「推し量る」 is the everyday verb for gauging feelings.
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