calculation

計算

数を使って、量や答えを求めること。

やさしい英語で： The process of using numbers to work out an amount or answer.

• This task requires careful calculation.
• Mental calculation becomes easier with practice.
• The calculation of interest takes several steps.

類義語： reckoning

よく使う表現： mental calculation, calculation of something, careful calculation

計算結果

数を使って求めた量や答え。

やさしい英語で： An amount or answer found by working with numbers.

• Your calculation is correct.
• I checked the calculations twice.
• Her calculation showed a total of fifty dollars.

類義語： sum

よく使う表現： correct calculation, check a calculation, wrong calculation

見積もり、計算

手元の情報をもとに、量や時間、結果を見積もること。

やさしい英語で： A judgment about an amount, time, or result based on the information you have.

• By my calculation, we need ten chairs.
• A rough calculation puts the cost at two hundred dollars.
• According to her calculations, we should arrive before lunch.

類義語： estimate, reckoning

よく使う表現： by my calculation, rough calculation, according to calculation

予測、見込み

状況をもとに、これから何が起こるかを予想すること。

やさしい英語で： An expectation about what will happen, based on the situation.

• His calculation was that voters wanted change.
• Their calculation proved mistaken when support disappeared.
• The decision rested on a calculation that prices would rise.

使い方： calculation that… (Her calculation was that demand would grow.)

類義語： expectation, judgment

よく使う表現： political calculation, calculation that something, strategic calculation