見通し

• 読み: みとおし
• ローマ字: mitooshi
• 漢字の分解: 見 (mi) — see, look; 通 (too) — pass through, commute
• 発音: /mi.toː.ɕi/

意味

Outlook; forecast; perspective; prospect. Also an unobstructed view or line of sight.

A noun derived from the verb 見通す (to see through/to foresee). Has two main uses: (1) a physical clear line of sight (見通しの良い道路 — a road with good visibility), and (2) a figurative forecast or outlook (経済の見通し — economic outlook). Common collocations include 見通しが甘い (overly optimistic forecast) and 見通しを立てる (to form a projection).

例文

1. 来年の経済の見通しは明るいとは言えない。
2. 見通しの悪い交差点では特に注意が必要だ。
3. プロジェクトの完成時期について見通しを立てた。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, economics, driving, planning

トーン: analytical

起源と歴史

From 見 (mi, to see) + 通し (tooshi, passing through), the noun form of 見通す (to see all the way through). The physical sense of seeing through an unobstructed space naturally extended to the figurative sense of foreseeing future outcomes.

文化的背景

時代: Early Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal