予知
よち
prediction, foreknowledge
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Examples
地震の予知は難しい。
じしんのよちはむずかしい。
Earthquake prediction is difficult.
火山の噴火を予知する研究が進む。
かざんのふんかをよちするけんきゅうがすすむ。
Research on predicting volcanic eruptions is advancing.
予知できない災害に備えておく。
よちできないさいがいにそなえておく。
We prepare for disasters that cannot be predicted.
Common patterns
- 地震予知
- earthquake prediction
- 予知できない
- unpredictable
- 予知能力
- precognition
Memory tip
Knowing a specific future event before it happens — above all natural disasters, as in the standard phrase 地震予知, and also the supernatural sense in 予知能力. Ordinary forecasting from data is 予測.
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