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見積もる (みつもる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

見み積つもる

み

つ

も

る

JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

estimate; calculate roughly

Used for making a rough calculation of cost, time, quantity, or value before precise figures are available. Common in business and everyday planning.

引ひっ越こしの費ひ用ようを見み積つもってもらった。
I had them estimate the moving costs.
このプロジェクトにかかる時じ間かんを見

み

積つ

もる

の

は

難むずか

しい

。

It's difficult to estimate how long this project will take.

Written forms

見み積つもるUsage76%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
見み積つもるUsage23%
Alternate kanji spelling without the okurigana も; less common but still used.
みつもるUsage2%

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
積volume, product (x*y), acreage

Similar words

見み積つもり
Noun form meaning 'estimate' or 'quotation'; 見積もる is the verb action of making that estimate.
推すい定ていする
More formal and often used for inferring or presuming based on evidence, while 見積もる is a practical, rough calculation.

Etymology

Compound of 見る (miru, 'to see') and 積もる (tsumoru, 'to accumulate' or 'to estimate'), literally 'to see and accumulate', giving the sense of assessing and calculating.