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名詞

1

（＝方向）direction; bearings

用例

• 火事はどの見当か
  In which direction is the fire?

• 青山はこの見当だ
  Aoyama lies in this direction.
• 東京に慣れないと見当がわからなくなる
  A stranger in Tokyo loses his bearings.

2

（＝狙い）aim

用例

• 見当をつける
  to take aim―aim at a mark

• 見当がはずれた
  I have missed my aim.
• 君は何を言っているものやらさらに見当がつかない
  I can not comprehend what you are driving at.

3

（＝臆測）guess; conjecture

用例

• 彼はどこへ行ったか見当がつかない
  I can not guess where he can have gone.

• 彼は何を言っているのかまるっきり見当がつかなかった
  I vainly guessed at his meaning.
• たいがい見当がつくだろう
  You can make a fair guess.
• うまく見当をつけたものだ
  It is a good guess―a good shot.
• そりゃ見当がはずれた、見当違いだ
  You have guessed wrong―guessed wild―guessed wide.
• 見当がウンとはずれた
  You are wide of the mark
  You have made a wide guess.

4

（＝見積り）estimate

用例

• 入費は三百円の見当だ
  The expenses are estimated at 300 yen.

• 利益がどれほどあるかおおよその見当がつく
  I can form a probable estimate of the profits.
• いくらかかるか見当がつかぬ
  I can form no estimate of the cost.
• 費用はざっとどんな見当だ
  What do you roughly estimate the expenses at?

副詞

（＝おおよそ）about; something like; near the mark

用例

• （年か）四十五六見当だろう
  He must be about forty-five or six
  Forty-five or six must be near the mark.

• かかりは五十円見当だろう
  It will cost some fifty yen
  Fifty yen will be not far from the mark.
• 彼は財産は三十万見当だろう
  He must be worth something like 300,000 yen.
• まあそんな見当だろう
  That is about it
  That is about the size of it.