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予想

よそう

prospect, expectation

Mnemonic

What takes shape in your head in advance. The same yo よ as 予感, and the same 想 as the zoo of nothing in 想像, except that this one turns out right: よそう.

Worth knowing

期待 きたい is expectation as hoping for something. 予想 is expectation as a forecast.

Built from

beforehand
One shape, nothing to pull off it. Settled in advance.
conceive, think of
相 taking the measure of something, sat on 心 a heart. What forms in there when the thing itself is not in front of you.

Words sharing these kanji

schedule, plan hunch, premonition imagination

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