Word Meaning 忖度

そんたく sontaku

忖度 is read as そんたく (sontaku) and means (showing) deference (to).

Meaning

English

  1. (showing) deference (to)
  2. consideration (of someone's wishes)
  3. servility
  4. surmise (about someone's feelings)
  5. guess
  6. conjecture

Reading

Kana

そんたく

Romaji

sontaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

忖度マスク

そんたくますく

wearing a face mask solely to avoid upsetting others (during the COVID-19 pandemic)

態度

たいど

attitude (towards an issue, etc.)

一度

いちど

temporarily

制度

せいど

system

再度

さいど

a second time

今度

こんど

this time

年度

ねんど

product year

程度

ていど

degree

温度

おんど

temperature

密度

みつど

density

高度

こうど

altitude

角度

かくど

angle

Example Sentences

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じょうしのいこうをそんたくしてはつげんをひかえた。

He held back from speaking after guessing his boss's intentions.

あいてのたちばをそんたくすることもたいせつだ。

It is also important to consider the other person's position.

かのじょはなにもいわないが、しゅういがそんたくしすぎている。

She says nothing, but the people around her are reading too much into her wishes.

そんたくばかりではほんねがみえなくなる。

If you keep second-guessing everything, the true feelings become hard to see.

そのへんじにはそんたくがかんじられた。

That reply felt shaped by an attempt to anticipate someone else's wishes.

かれのひとことをきいて、みんながそんたくしはじめた。

After hearing his brief remark, everyone started guessing at his unspoken intent.