予想

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 明日の天気を予想するのは難しいです。▶ —
   It is hard to predict tomorrow's weather.
2. 試合の結果は予想と違いました。▶ —
   The match result differed from what I expected.

Collocations

Mnemonic

予想 yosou — 予 (beforehand) + 想 (to think). Thinking (想) in advance (予) is a prediction or expectation. 予想が当たる (the prediction comes true), 予想通り (as expected), 予想外 (unexpected). The 予 (beforehand) is shared with 予定 (yotei, a fixed schedule), a near term.

Quick check

1. What does 予想通り mean?

   • as expected
   • unexpectedly
   • unable to predict
   • giving up predicting