Translation guide
Expressing that a conclusion was reached too quickly, without enough thought or evidence. Japanese often uses set phrases, adverbs, or verbs that imply rash judgment.
To express that someone has made a decision or judgment too quickly, often based on insufficient information.
A common phrase meaning to jump to a conclusion or make a hasty assumption. Often used when someone misunderstands a situation by acting too quickly.
He jumped to a conclusion without listening to the end of the story.
Means to make a careless mistake by jumping to a conclusion. Implies a blunder due to haste.
I jumped to a conclusion and ended up taking the wrong train.
To decide or conclude something without proper consideration; to assume something definitively, often with a negative nuance of being judgmental.
It's not good to jump to the conclusion that he's the culprit without any evidence yet.
A more formal or literary expression meaning 'it is too hasty a conclusion.' Used in writing or formal speech.
That judgment is too hasty.
Referring to the hasty conclusion itself as a noun.
A hasty conclusion or assumption. Often used in the phrase 早合点する.
That's your hasty conclusion.
A careless mistake from jumping to a conclusion. More about the error than the conclusion itself.
A hasty conclusion; a rash judgment. Formal and somewhat literary.
Warning someone not to jump to conclusions.
早合点 focuses on the assumption itself, while 早とちり emphasizes the mistake or blunder caused by that assumption. 早合点 can be used for misunderstandings without a serious error, but 早とちり always implies a slip-up.
He jumped to the conclusion that my silence meant agreement.
I jumped to a conclusion and got the meeting date wrong.
His hasty conclusion caused confusion in the meeting.
それは早計というものだ。
That's what you call a hasty conclusion.
It's still too early to draw a conclusion. Don't be hasty.