Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 察する · suru verb (special)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 察さっ する 察さっ さない Polite 察さっ します 察さっ しません Past polite 察さっ しました 察さっ しませんでした Past 察さっ した 察さっ さなかった Te-form 察さっ して 察さっ さないで Desire 察さっ したい 察さっ したくない Potential 察さっ せる 察さっ せない Passive 察さっ される also formal 察さっ せられる 察さっ されない also formal 察さっ せられない Causative 察さっ させる 察さっ させない Causative passive 察さっ させられる 察さっ させられない Volitional 察さっ そう Polite volitional 察さっ しましょう Imperative 察さっ せ 察さっ するな Conditional 察さっ せば 察さっ さなければ Tara conditional 察さっ したら 察さっ さなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと〉 〉 の 気持きも ちを 察さっ する to sense/guess someone's feelings
I sensed her feelings from her expression.
〈 人ひと〉 〉 の 心中しんちゅう を 察さっ する to sympathize with someone's inner feelings (esp. in hardship)
One can only imagine the family's inner sorrow.
事情じじょう を 察さっ する to guess the circumstances (without being told directly)
From his manner, I guessed that something had happened.
お 察さっ しします a polite way to say 'I understand/sympathize with how you must feel'
I offer my heartfelt sympathy for your loss.
Expressions 察さっ するに presumably; it seems that; I guess that Related words· 14 推測する is a logical guess based on evidence, while 察する relies on intuitive or empathetic reading of subtle cues.
同情する is an outward expression of pity or compassion, while 察する in this sense is the quieter act of inwardly understanding someone's pain.
推し量る means to estimate or gauge something (like feelings or extent) through inference, and is close to 察する but slightly more formal and literary.
思いやる emphasizes considerate concern for another's feelings, while 察する emphasizes the perceptive act of grasping those feelings in the first place.
Show 10 more Show fewer 感じ取る focuses on picking up a feeling or atmosphere through the senses, while 察する adds the nuance of reasoning out an unspoken situation.
見抜く means to see through something hidden, such as a lie or true intention, whereas 察する is gentler and often about sensing feelings rather than exposing deception.
察する is to sense or guess someone's feelings intuitively, while 読み取る emphasizes picking up on visible cues to infer that meaning.
察する means to sense or infer someone's feelings or situation intuitively, while 酌む (in this sense) specifically means to take those feelings or circumstances into consideration once understood.
察する means to infer or guess someone's feelings from context, while 汲む in this sense stresses actively taking those feelings into consideration.
察する is the more common verb for sensing someone's feelings or a situation, while 察知 is a stiffer, more formal word often used for detecting danger or hidden facts.
察する means to intuitively sense an unspoken feeling or situation, while 汲み取る implies actively drawing out that understanding from clues like words or context.
察する means to infer or guess from indirect signs, while 悟る implies a more definite, often sudden realization.
察する means to sense or infer something unspoken, whereas 読める implies a clearer, more confident grasp of the meaning or intent.
察する means to sense or infer something intuitively, whereas 飲み込む in this sense means to fully take in and understand explained information.
Etymology A verb formed from the Sino-Japanese noun 察 “inference, discernment” and する , with consonant gemination in さっする . 察 originally denotes close examination or discernment.
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