推

Meaning

推 centers on moving something forward with mental or physical force: pushing an idea, inferring a conclusion, or supporting a cause. The conjecture and guess senses are natural extensions of mentally pushing toward a likely answer.

• 推進すいしん
  N1

  propulsion; drive

• 推測すいそく
  N1

  guess; conjecture

• 推奨すいしょう

  recommendation; endorsement

• 推すおす

  to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to nominate; to support; to back

• 推薦すいせん
  N3

  recommendation; referral; endorsement

• 推定すいてい
  N2

  presumption; assumption

• 推理すいり
  N1

  reasoning; inference; deduction

• 推移すいい
  N1

  transition; change; progress; development; shift

• 推計すいけい

  estimate; estimation

• 推論すいろん

  inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

• 推察すいさつ

  guess; conjecture; surmise

• 推力すいりょく

  thrust; driving force; propulsion

• 類推るいすい
  N1

  analogy

• 推敲すいこう
  N1

  polishing (a piece of writing); improvement; revision; refinement

• 推挙すいきょ

  recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination

• 邪推じゃすい

  distrust; unjust suspicion

• 推量すいりょう
  N1

  guess; conjecture; supposition; inference

• 推し量るおしはかる

  to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

• 推して知るべしおしてしるべし

  can be easily guessed

• 推認すいにん

  presumption; inference

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