In 1997, the Mainichi Shimbun did publish an article in which sontaku was used to describe how some However in those times, it only implied guessing the thoughts of others without necessarily taking any actions in response. This word was occasionally used during the Edo and Meiji eras. It also appeared in the Heian period Sugawara Family Collection (菅家後集). Kaminaga Akatsuki suggests that the first reference to sontaku was in the China's earliest book of poetry, the Shijing. 104) takes this a step further, describing sontaku as an essential part of Japanese work culture.

The word 'sontaku' is actually a perfect expression of the way Japan's severely hierarchical political and administrative apparatus operates, with underlings diligently seeking to implement what they believe to be their superiors' will. The character '忖' signifies something like 'guess' and '度' implies something akin to 'extent.' Īlthough this word has ancient origins, it was not until 2017 that it became widely used in relation to Japanese political issues, and sontaku was selected by the Japanese publisher Jiyu Kokuminsha as the New Word of The Year in 2017. Implicit desires of another person.' This term implies an ability to assess how others are feeling, and to respond accordingly. Sontaku ( 忖度) is a concept in Japanese that could be translated as 'surmising the feelings of others' or 'acting upon the

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