Keyword
infer
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig716
Readings
すい
(87%)
(12%)
Composed of
left hand
old bird
Mnemonic

I've managed to infer that this old bird is a male. With my left hand... No, please don't ask how exactly I did that. I'm not telling.

Used in vocabulary (130 in total)
guess; conjecture
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
Examples (52 in total)
I am speculating that he may win the game.
Can you guess her age?
We began to see what we can deduce from it.
If you don't know the answers, guess.
His guess turned out to be right.
Your guess is wrong.
My guess is that it will rain soon.
Is there any place you recommend?
I can recommend this restaurant.
Can you recommend a place to stay in London?
I cannot recommend her as a secretary.
I can recommend this book to you.
I'll hire whoever he recommends.
In any case, you are wrong in your conjecture.
I gathered from his expression that he was very angry.
The teacher recommended this dictionary to us.
He recommended this dictionary to me.
Can you recommend a good dictionary to me?
Your assumption that his death was an accident seems to be wrong.
The distance is hard to estimate.
I inferred from our conversation that he was unhappy with his job.
He wins his arguments by logical reasoning.
We recommended him as chairman.
They are interested in abstract reasoning.
Choose a password that is easy to remember but difficult to guess.
My first guess was wide off the mark.
Your guess is entirely off the mark.
He reads detective stories on occasion.
I'm not interested in detective novels at all.
Are you a fan of mystery novels?
Mystery novels are loved by a lot of people.
I like reading mystery novels.
I like reading mysteries.
He would often read detective stories after supper.
Statistics suggest that the population of this town will double in five years.
What do you infer from her strange behavior?
Let's press on with our work.
He pushed his plan strongly.
You will have guessed its meaning by the end of the chapter.
My teacher wrote a recommendation for me.
Barry Taylor's name has been put forward for the post of chairman.
According to an estimate, steel production will reach 100 million tons this year.
Steel production reached an estimated 100 million tons last year.
Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.
She became famous as a mystery writer.
Thanks to his recommendation, I was able to get a teaching job at a college in Tokyo.
Self-praise is no recommendation.
They seem determined to press forward with their program of reform.
From the way they talked, I presumed they were married.
Astronomers inferred the existence of a local supercluster.
Have you finished the suggested reading?
Corporate bankruptcies continued at a high level last month.