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蓋然性 (がいぜんせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun
probability ; likelihood
Formal, somewhat technical noun used in academic, legal, or philosophical contexts to express the degree of certainty or chance that something will happen. Often interchangeable with 確率, but 蓋然性 emphasizes the qualitative aspect of likelihood rather than a numerical probability.
裁さい 判ばん で は 、 証しょう 拠こ の 蓋がい 然ぜん 性せい が 争そう 点てん と なっ た 。
In the trial, the likelihood of the evidence became the point of contention.
Kanji 然 sort of thing, so, if so Similar words 確かく 率りつ 確率 is the common word for probability, often used in mathematics and everyday language. 蓋然性 is more formal and abstract, focusing on the plausibility or likelihood rather than a numerical value.
可か 能のう 性せい 可能性 means 'possibility' and is broader and more common. 蓋然性 implies a higher degree of likelihood based on reasoning or evidence, closer to 'probability' than mere 'possibility'.
Etymology From 蓋然 (がいぜん, 'probable') + 性 (せい, '-ity, -ness'). 蓋然 is a Sino-Japanese compound of 蓋 (cover, probably) and 然 (so, like that), conveying the idea of something being likely or probable. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.
