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思い, 想い, 念い, おもい
1. thought
2. imagination, mind, heart
3. desire, wish, hope, expectation
e.g. Ａ思いのＢ for 'B who loves A'
4. love, affection
5. feelings, emotion, sentiment, experience
命が縮む思いをした。
思う, 想う, 念う, 憶う, 懐う, 惟う, おもう
Conjugated: 思い
Godan verb, Transitive, 想う has connotations of heart-felt
1. to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon
2. to think (of doing), to plan (to do)
3. to judge, to assess, to regard
4. to imagine, to suppose, to dream
5. to expect, to look forward to
あすは天気だと思う。
思い出す, 思いだす, おもい出す, 思出す, おもいだす
Godan verb, Transitive
to recall, to remember, to recollect
あなたを見るとお兄さんを思い出します。
思いつく, 思い付く, おもいつく
Godan verb, Transitive, Intransitive
1. to think of, to hit upon, to come into one's mind, to be struck with an idea
2. to remember, to recall
いい考えを思いついた。
思いやる, 思い遣る, おもいやる
Godan verb, See 思いやり
to be considerate, to sympathize with, to sympathise with
いつも自分以外の人の気持ちを思いやらなくてはならない。
思い切る, 思いきる, おもいきる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to give up all thoughts of, to abandon, to despair of
Intransitive
2. to make up one's mind, to take a momentous decision
彼女の事が思い切れない。
思いやり, 思い遣り, おもいやり
consideration, thoughtfulness, sympathy, compassion, feeling, kindness, understanding, regard, kindheartedness
そんな事を言うなんて彼女も思いやりがないね。
思い切り, 思いきり, おもいきり
Adverb
1. with all one's strength, with all one's heart, to the utmost
2. resolution, decisiveness
私は思いきり働きたい。
思いがけない, 思い掛けない, 思い掛け無い, おもいがけない
unexpected, contrary to expectations, by chance, casual
彼は全く思いがけなく着いた。
思い起こす, 思い起す, 思起す, おもいおこす
Godan verb, Transitive
to recall, to remember
その団体は騒音が有害なことを人々に思い起こされるためにポスターを掲げた。
思い立つ, 思いたつ, おもいたつ
Godan verb, Transitive
to set one's mind on doing, to get the idea of doing, to make up one's mind
思いとどまる, 思い止まる, 思い止どまる, おもいとどまる
Godan verb, Transitive
to give up (a plan or idea), to desist from (doing)
私は彼女にスキーを思いとどまらせた。
思い込む, 思いこむ, おもいこむ
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to be convinced (that), to be under the impression (that), to feel sure (that), to assume (that)
2. to make up one's mind, to set one's heart on, to be determined (to do), to be bent on
3. to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.), to think about obsessively
彼が僕にそう思い込ませたのです。
思い入れ, 思いいれ, 想い入れ, 思入れ, 想入れ, おもいいれ
Takes suru
1. emotional attachment
2. attitude (expressing emotion), meditative pose (e.g. an actor), posing for effect
思い知らす, おもいしらす
Godan verb, Transitive, See 思い知らせる
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake), to bring (something) home to someone, to teach someone a lesson
思い違い, 思いちがい, おもいちがい
1. misunderstanding, misapprehension, false impression, misconception
Takes suru
2. to be mistaken, to have the wrong idea
彼は思い違いをしているらしい。
思い悩む, おもいなやむ
Godan verb, Transitive
to worry about, to be worried about, to fret about, to not know what to do, to be at a loss (as to what to do)
それを思い悩んだって無駄だよ。
思い描く, おもいえがく
Godan verb, Transitive
to imagine, to picture, to figure, to see
その悲しい光景を思い描くと彼女の目には涙があふれた。
思い当たる, 思いあたる, 思い当る, おもいあたる
Godan verb, Intransitive
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory), to come to mind, to recall (in a flash), to be reminded of, to call to mind, to think of, to strike on, to hit on an answer, to seize the crux of a problem
夏休みも近いけど、どこかいいところ思い当たりますか。
思い思い, おもいおもい
Adverb, May take 'no'
just as (each) one likes, as (each) one pleases, as (each) one prefers, (each) in one's own way
思い知らせる, 思いしらせる, おもいしらせる
Ichidan verb, Transitive
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake), to bring (something) home to someone, to teach someone a lesson
思いっきり, 思いっ切り, おもいっきり
Adverb, See 思い切り・おもいきり・1
1. with all one's strength, with all one's heart, to the utmost
See 思い切り・おもいきり・2
2. resolution, decisiveness
思い直す, 思いなおす, おもいなおす
Godan verb, Transitive
to re-think, to think back upon, to change one's mind
私はその事柄について彼の父に話すつもりだったが、思い直してやめた。