見当

Japanese

Alternative spelling
見當 (kyūjitai)

見(けん)当(とう) • (kentō) ^{←けんたう (kentau)^?}

estimate; guess
Synonyms: 見通し (mitōshi), 予想 (yosō), 予測 (yosoku)

警察(けいさつ)は事件(じけん)の発生(はっせい)場所(ばしょ)について見当(けんとう)を付(つ)けたが、まだ確証(かくしょう)は得(え)ていない。
Keisatsu wa jiken no hassei basho ni tsuite kentō o tsuketa ga, mada kakushō wa eteinai.
The police have an idea of where the incident happened, but they do not yet have confirmation.
direction
Synonym: 方向 (hōkō)
about, or so (a numerical approximation)
Synonym: およそ (oyoso)
(traditional printing) register mark, indicating the position of the paper to prevent color bleed
Synonym: トンボ (tonbo)

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN