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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

憶おく測そく

okusoku

to speculate, to guess

Example sentences

  1. 今言いまいったのは、私わたしの憶測おくそくにすぎないよ。

    What I said was just a guess.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しかし、憶測おくそくの域いきを出でていない。

    However, that theory remains a matter of speculation.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. そうなんじゃないかという憶測おくそくに過すぎない。

    It is mere conjecture.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 憶測

  • 憶recollection; thinkOnオク
  • 測fathom; planOnソクKunはかる

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