〜見通しだ (~mitōshi da) — is expected / projected to ~

The news forecast: looking at the data and the present situation, 'this is where things are heading'.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

Verb V辞書形／Vない + 見通しだ

N N + の + 見通しだ

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

When to use it

When heavy rain stops the trains, the station screen and the TV say: 「運転再開は夕方になる見通しです」— 'trains are expected to resume in the evening'.
It appears constantly in news with numbers — weather, typhoons, the economy, company profits, visa figures — especially as 「〜に達する見通し」(expected to reach ~).

Meaning

「見通す」means 'to see far ahead', so 「〜見通しだ」carries a forecast: looking at the present situation and the data, 'this is what will happen'.

How to attach

Attach it straight to the dictionary or ない form of a verb (なる見通し・止まらない見通し), and after a noun use 「の」(年内完成の見通し).
When a forecast changes into a new one, the news says 「〜見通しとなった」.

Versus what you know

The previous point's 「模様だ」guesses about now or about what has happened; 「見通しだ」is always about the days ahead.
N4It also differs from the 「予定だ」: 予定 = a schedule already fixed, 見通し = not fixed, only projected.

Watch out

The key rule: it is not used with something already finished (Vた), nor for your own small plans — for those say 「予定」or 「つもり」.

Also

If the station shows 「運転再開の見通しは立っていません」, read it as 'there is not even an estimate of when trains will run' — time to look for a hotel or a bus!

Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

大雨の影響で、新幹線の運転再開は夕方になる見通しです。

おおあめのえいきょうで、しんかんせんのうんてんさいかいはゆうがたになるみとおしです。

Because of the heavy rain, the shinkansen is expected to resume running in the evening.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 運転再開 = running again → 夕方になる = will be evening (dictionary form) → we attach 「見通しです」 = judging from the situation, it's expected to be evening; not a fixed time.

今年の外国人観光客は、過去最多の四千万人に達する見通しだ。

ことしのがいこくじんかんこうきゃくは、かこさいたのよんせんまんにんにたっするみとおしだ。

Foreign visitors this year are projected to reach a record 40 million.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 四千万人に達する = reach 40 million → we attach 「見通しだ」 → 「〜に達する見通し」= the most common pairing in news with numbers.

原料価格の上昇で、食品の値上げは当分止まらない見通しだ。

げんりょうかかくのじょうしょうで、しょくひんのねあげはとうぶんとまらないみとおしだ。

With raw material prices rising, food price increases are not expected to stop for some time.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 止まらない = won't stop (ない form) → attach 「見通しだ」 directly → 当分 = for some time → prices are expected to keep rising in the future too.

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

「新しい駅ビルは、再来年の春に完成＿＿見通しだ。」— fill the blank.

💡 Hint: A future event — the verb's dictionary form.