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I was conversing with my Japanese colleague:

> Me: Do you know how much a melon costs in my home country?  
>  Colleague: I do not know.  
>  Me: Take a guess.

I asked him how to say `take a guess`. He first told me to use `推測{すいそく}してみる`,
but later retracted and told me to use `あててみる`. Which one is more natural in
day to day conversation?
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word-choice nuances
How to ask person to guess for something during conversation?
I think 当ててみて is more natural than 推測してみて in daily conversations. Maybe you
could also say 'どのくらいだと思う？(か、言ってみて。)' or 'いくらくらいだと思う？(か、言ってみて。)'.
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