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みなす (minasu) Japanese meaning: regard as | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation みなす · godan verb (-su)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary みなす みなさない Polite みなします みなしません Past polite みなしました みなしませんでした Past みなした みなさなかった Te-form みなして みなさないで Desire みなしたい みなしたくない Potential みなせる みなせない Passive みなされる みなされない Causative みなさせる みなさせない Causative passive みなさせられる みなさせられない Volitional みなそう Polite volitional みなしましょう Imperative みなせ みなすな Conditional みなせば みなさなければ Tara conditional みなしたら みなさなかったら
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I regarded his silence as consent.
This act is considered a breach of contract.
Related words· 7 考える is the general, everyday verb for 'to think' or 'to consider', while 見なす specifically means to classify or treat something as belonging to a certain category or status.
判断する means to judge or decide after weighing evidence, whereas 見なす emphasizes formally treating A as B, often by rule or convention rather than proof.
扱う (as in 〜として扱う) means to treat or handle something as a certain thing in practice, while 見なす focuses on the mental or formal classification itself.
位置付ける stresses assigning something a place within a larger system or framework, while みなす simply means to regard or treat something as being a certain thing.
Show 3 more みなす specifically means to regard or deem something as something else, and is narrower and often more formal than the broad とする used in AをBとする.
見なす is a more formal, deliberate judgment of how something should be regarded, while 思う can express a casual, everyday assessment.
見なす means to regard or classify something as a certain thing, often formally or officially, while 見受ける is a softer, more tentative visual impression.
Written forms みなす Usage 75%
Kana spelling is preferred because It is usually written in kana.
見み なす Usage 22%
Standard kanji spelling also and common in formal writing.
見み 做な す Usage 2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; mainly useful for recognition.
看み 做な す Usage
Etymology The kanji spelling 見なす uses 見, reflecting the idea of 'looking on' or 'regarding' something in a certain way. The exact historical derivation is not specified.
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rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; mainly useful for recognition.
