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目の子勘定 (menokokanjou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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目め
の
子こ
勘かん
定じょう
で
必ひつ
要よう
な
材ざい
料りょう
の
量りょう
を
ざっ
と
見み
積つ
もっ
た
。
He roughly estimated the amount of materials needed by mental arithmetic.
I don't know the exact number, but by a rough estimate I think it's about 50 people.
Kanji 子 child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM 勘 intuition, perception, check 定 determine, fix, establish Related words 目め の 子こ 算ざん Synonymous variant; 目の子算 uses 算 (calculation) instead of 勘定 (counting/accounting), but the meaning is essentially the same.
概がい 算さん A more formal term for 'rough estimate' or 'approximate calculation', often used in business or technical contexts.
暗あん 算ざん Mental arithmetic done without any external aids, focusing on calculation rather than estimation.
Etymology Formed from 目の子 “visual estimation; reckoning by eye” and 勘定 “calculation,” hence an approximate calculation made without exact measurement.
