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仮説を立てる (かせつをたてる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

仮か説せつを立たてる

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

form a hypothesis; build a hypothesis

Used in academic, scientific, or logical contexts to mean constructing a tentative explanation or proposition.

研けん究きゅう者しゃは実じっ験けんの前まえに仮か説せつを立たてる。
Researchers form a hypothesis before conducting an experiment.
なぜその現げん象しょうが起おきたのか、

いくつ

か

仮か

説せつ

を

立た

て

て

みよう

。

Let's form a few hypotheses about why that phenomenon occurred.

Kanji

仮sham, temporary, interim
説opinion, theory, explanation
立stand up, rise, set up

Similar words

仮か説せつ
仮説 is the noun 'hypothesis'; 仮説を立てる is the verb phrase meaning 'to form a hypothesis'.
推すい測そくする
推測する means 'to guess' or 'to infer' and is more general; 仮説を立てる implies a more systematic or scientific approach.

Etymology

Compound of 仮説 (hypothesis) + を (object marker) + 立てる (to set up, to establish). The verb 立てる here carries the sense of 'to put forward' or 'to formulate'.