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忖度する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	忖そん度たくする	忖そん度たくしない
Polite	忖そん度たくします	忖そん度たくしません
Past polite	忖そん度たくしました	忖そん度たくしませんでした
Past	忖そん度たくした	忖そん度たくしなかった
Te-form	忖そん度たくして	忖そん度たくしないで
Desire	忖そん度たくしたい	忖そん度たくしたくない
Potential	忖そん度たくできる	忖そん度たくできない
Passive	忖そん度たくされる	忖そん度たくされない
Causative	忖そん度たくさせる	忖そん度たくさせない
Causative passive	忖そん度たくさせられる	忖そん度たくさせられない
Volitional	忖そん度たくしよう
Polite volitional	忖そん度たくしましょう
Imperative	忖そん度たくしろ	忖そん度たくするな
Conditional	忖そん度たくすれば	忖そん度たくしなければ
Tara conditional	忖そん度たくしたら	忖そん度たくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

surmise; guess; conjecture

Used for inferring someone's unspoken feelings, intentions, or wishes, often in social or political contexts. Can carry a negative nuance of presumptuous mind-reading.

上じょう司しの意い向こうを忖そん度たくして、先さきに資し料りょうを用よう意いした。
I guessed my boss's intentions and prepared the materials in advance.
彼かれの発はつ言げんの裏うらにある真しん意いを忖そん度たくするのは難むずかしい。
It's difficult to surmise the real intention behind his remarks.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

deference; consideration; servility

Often implies acting out of excessive consideration for someone's wishes, sometimes to the point of servility. Frequently used in political or bureaucratic contexts where anticipating a superior's desires is expected.

忖そん度たくが過すぎると、かえって相あい手てに不ふ快かい感かんを与あたえることもある。
Excessive deference can sometimes make the other person uncomfortable.
政せい治じ家かは官かん僚りょうの忖そん度たくに頼たよりすぎてはいけない。
Politicians should not rely too much on bureaucrats' servile anticipation of their wishes.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の意い向こうを忖そん度たくするto guess at someone's wishes or intentions
部ぶ下かは上じょう司しの意い向こうを忖そん度たくして行こう動どうした。
The subordinate acted by guessing at his boss's wishes.
〈人ひと〉に忖そん度たくするto defer to someone (out of anticipated expectation)
政せい治じ家かは選せん挙きょ民みんに忖そん度たくして発はつ言げんを控ひかえた。
The politician held back his remarks out of deference to voters.
忖そん度たくが働はたらくfor deference/anticipatory consideration to come into play
会かい議ぎでは上じょう司しへの忖そん度たくが働はたらいていた。
In the meeting, deference to the boss was at work.
過か剰じょうな忖そん度たくexcessive deference/overzealous guessing at someone's wishes
官かん僚りょうたちの過か剰じょうな忖そん度たくが問もん題だい視しされた。
The bureaucrats' excessive deference became a subject of criticism.
〈人ひと〉の心しん中ちゅうを忖そん度たくするto guess at someone's inner feelings
彼かの女じょは友ゆう人じんの心しん中ちゅうを忖そん度たくして声こえをかけた。
She spoke up after guessing at her friend's inner feelings.

Kanji

忖conjecture
度degrees, occurrence, time

Related words

推すい測そくN1sense 1
推測 is a neutral word for guessing or inferring from evidence, while 忖度 specifically means reading someone's unspoken feelings or wishes, often in a social or hierarchical context.
斟しん酌しゃく sense 2
斟酌 means taking circumstances into account and making allowances, whereas 忖度 focuses on actively guessing a superior's or other's inner wishes, sometimes with a servile nuance.
配はい慮りょN2sense 2
配慮 is the neutral, positive word for showing consideration toward someone, while 忖度 in this sense often implies excessive or self-serving deference to a superior's presumed wishes.
気き配くばりN2sense 2
気配り is everyday attentiveness to others' comfort and needs, while 忖度 carries a more specific and often critical nuance of anticipating a superior's unstated wishes.

Don't confuse with

邪じゃ推すい sense 1
邪推 means an unwarranted, suspicious guess about someone's motives, while 忖度 is guessing someone's feelings or wishes, which may or may not be negative in intent.

Word family

忖そん度たくマスク
wearing a mask just to avoid standing out or upsetting others; peer-pressure mask-wearing

Etymology

A kango (Sino-Japanese word) composed of 忖 (surmise, conjecture) and 度 (measure, estimate). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji components reflect the meaning of measuring or estimating someone's inner state.