Illustration: In a school science room, a student notices that seedlings near a side window lean toward the light. They point from the window to the curved stems while explaining their tentative idea to a classmate, one eyebrow raised rather than celebrating a discovery.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

仮か説せつ

kasetsu

hypothesis

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはその仮説かせつを支持しじした。

    I favored the hypothesis.

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  2. 諸事実しょじじつがこの仮説かせつを実証じっしょうしている。

    The facts bear out this hypothesis.

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  3. これらの事実じじつは私わたしの仮説かせつの裏付うらづけになる。

    These facts bear out my hypothesis.

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Kanji in 仮説

  • 仮sham; temporaryOnカ・ケKunかり・かり-
  • 説opinion; theoryOnセツ・ゼイKunとく

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