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見積もる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見み積つもる	見み積つもらない
Polite	見み積つもります	見み積つもりません
Past polite	見み積つもりました	見み積つもりませんでした
Past	見み積つもった	見み積つもらなかった
Te-form	見み積つもって	見み積つもらないで
Desire	見み積つもりたい	見み積つもりたくない
Potential	見み積つもれる	見み積つもれない
Passive	見み積つもられる	見み積つもられない
Causative	見み積つもらせる	見み積つもらせない
Causative passive	見み積つもらせられるalso 見み積つもらされる	見み積つもらせられないalso 見み積つもらされない
Volitional	見み積つもろう
Polite volitional	見み積つもりましょう
Imperative	見み積つもれ	見み積つもるな
Conditional	見み積つもれば	見み積つもらなければ
Tara conditional	見み積つもったら	見み積つもらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

estimate; calculate roughly

Used for making a rough calculation of cost, time, quantity, or value before precise figures are available. Common in business and everyday planning.

引ひっ越こしの費ひ用ようを見み積つもってもらった。
I had them estimate the moving costs.
このプロジェクトにかかる時じ間かんを見み積つもるのは難むずかしい。
It's difficult to estimate how long this project will take.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の値ね段だんを見み積つもるto estimate the price of something
業ぎょう者しゃは新あたらしいキッチンの値ね段だんを見み積つもった。
The contractor estimated the price of the new kitchen.
〈事こと〉にかかる時じ間かんを見み積つもるto estimate the time something will take
プロジェクトにかかる時じ間かんを見み積つもった。
We estimated the time the project would take.
多おおめに見み積つもるto estimate on the high side
予よ算さんは多おおめに見み積つもっておいた方ほうがいい。
It's better to estimate the budget a bit high.
甘あまく見み積つもるto make an overly optimistic estimate
彼かれは完かん成せいまでの期き間かんを甘あまく見み積つもっていた。
He was too optimistic in his estimate of how long it would take to finish.
〜と見み積つもるto estimate that ~ (a figure or amount)
被ひ害がい額がくは数すう百ひゃく万まん円えんと見み積つもられている。
The damage is estimated to be several million yen.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
積volume, product (x*y), acreage

Related words· 7

概がい算さん
概算する emphasizes a quick, rough total figure, while 見積もる focuses on the act of preparing an estimate (often with a formal quotation) for cost, time, or quantity.
推すい定ていN2
推定する is more formal and used for inferring or presuming a value from evidence, whereas 見積もる is a practical, business-oriented rough calculation.
予よ測そくN3
予測する means to predict a future outcome or trend, while 見積もる is about calculating a present rough figure like cost or quantity.
算さん定てい
算定する is a more formal, precise term for calculating an amount (e.g. for tax or compensation), while 見積もる implies a rougher, preliminary figure.

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積つもるN4
見積もる is the standard modern verb for estimating costs or amounts, while 積もる alone in this sense sounds old-fashioned and is rarely used today.
見み込こむN1
見積もる is used specifically for calculating a numerical estimate (like cost or quantity), while 見込む covers broader predictions including outcomes and people's potential.
踏ふむN4
見積もる is the standard word for estimating a price or quantity, while 踏む is used in specialized or literary contexts for such judgments, as in 相場を踏む.

Opposites

実じっ測そく
実測する means to actually measure something directly, in contrast to 見積もる, which is a rough calculation made without exact measurement.

Don't confuse with

見み込こむN1
見込む means to expect or factor in an amount as part of a plan, while 見積もる specifically means to calculate a rough numerical estimate like cost or time.
降ふり積つもるN1
見積もる (to estimate) shares the kanji 積もる with 降り積もる but has an entirely unrelated meaning about calculating a rough amount, not snow or leaves piling up.
見みくびるN1
見積もる sounds similar to 見くびる but means to estimate a cost or quantity, not to underestimate or belittle a person.

Word family

見み積つもりN1
estimate; quotation; valuation
お見み積つもり
quotation; estimate; quote

Written forms

見み積つもるUsage76%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
見み積つもるUsage23%
Alternate kanji spelling without the okurigana も; less common but still used.
みつもるUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 見る (miru, 'to see') and 積もる (tsumoru, 'to accumulate' or 'to estimate'), literally 'to see and accumulate', giving the sense of assessing and calculating.