その表情から察するに魔剣を所持している人は少ないみたいだ。
I'm having trouble figuring out what に does here. Does it have the same meaning as と?
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Sign up to join this communityThat's right. This kind of に
won't always be replaceable with と
, but in your case it basically is.
From デジタル大辞泉:
[接助]活用語の連体形に付く。
1 あとの叙述の前置きとして続ける意を表す。…と。…ところ。
「考えてみるに庶民のための政治は当分望めそうにない」
The に
marks a lead-in to the main point which follows.