見込む
mikomu
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expect, estimate, see potential in, count on
/miko̞mɯ/
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To form an expectation about a future amount or someone’s potential.
Examples
若手の実力を見込むべきだ。
We should recognize the potential of young staff.
需要の増加を見込んで増産した。
We increased production anticipating higher demand.
君を見込んで頼んでいる。
I am asking you because I believe in you.
雨を見込んで屋内会場を選んだ。
Expecting rain, we chose an indoor venue.
社長は彼女の将来性を見込んで採用した。
The president hired her because she saw promise in her.
Meanings
Examples
参加者は百人と見込んでいる。
We expect a hundred participants.
雨を見込んで屋内会場を選んだ。
Expecting rain, we chose an indoor venue.
工事には三日かかると見込む。
We estimate construction will take three days.
需要の増加を見込んで増産した。
We increased production anticipating higher demand.
売上は昨年を上回ると見込まれる。
Sales are expected to exceed last year’s.
Examples
監督は彼の才能を見込んだ。
The coach saw potential in his talent.
社長は彼女の将来性を見込んで採用した。
The president hired her because she saw promise in her.
君を見込んで頼んでいる。
I am asking you because I believe in you.
若手の実力を見込むべきだ。
We should recognize the potential of young staff.
彼は後継者として見込まれている。
He is seen as a successor.
Etymology
見る plus 込む suggests looking into a situation or person and forming a considered expectation.
FAQ
To form an expectation about a future amount or someone’s potential.
It is read みこむ, written mikomu.
Numbers and events take the estimate sense; a person or talent takes the trust and potential sense.
How is 見込む different from 予想する?
予想する predicts broadly; 見込む often treats the prediction as a practical basis or puts faith in a person.
How does 見込む change in a sentence?
A godan verb: 見込んで, 見込んだ, 見込まれる.
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