Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
むな
Grade: 6
さん > ざん
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 2
kun’yomi on’yomi
Kanji in this term
むね
Grade: 6
さん > ざん
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 2
kun’yomi on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) なざんよー [mùnázáꜜǹ'yòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝna̠zã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]
  • (Tokyo) ねざんよー [mùnézáꜜǹ'yòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝne̞zã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun edit

(むな)(ざん)(よう) or (むね)(ざん)(よう) (munazan'yō or munezan'yō

  1. making a rough estimate in one's head
  2. expectation

Verb edit

(むな)(ざん)(よう)する or (むね)(ざん)(よう)する (munazan'yō suru or munezan'yō surusuru (stem (むな)(ざん)(よう) (munazan'yō shi), past (むな)(ざん)(よう)した (munazan'yō shita))

  1. to make a rough estimate
  2. to expect, to anticipate
    利益(りえき)(おお)きい胸算用(むなざんよう)している
    rieki wa ōkī to munazan'yō shiteiru
    expecting a big profit

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN