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思う
想う
念う
憶う
懐う
惟う
Readings
おもう
omou
omou
English
Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
想う has connotations of heart-felt
to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon
Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to think (of doing), to plan (to do)
Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to judge, to assess, to regard
Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to imagine, to suppose, to dream
Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to expect, to look forward to
Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want
Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to recall, to remember
Transitive verb
想う has connotations of heart-felt
to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to think (of doing), to plan (to do) Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to judge, to assess, to regard Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to imagine, to suppose, to dream Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to expect, to look forward to Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want Godan verb with 'u' ending
Transitive verb
to recall, to remember Conjugated forms
Present, Future 思う, 思います
[does], will [do] 思わない, 思いません
doesn't [do], will not [do] Past 思った, 思いました
[did] 思わなかった, 思いませんでした
didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative 思って, 思いまして 思わないで, 思いませんで 思わなくて
[does], will [do] 思わない, 思いません
doesn't [do], will not [do] Past 思った, 思いました
[did] 思わなかった, 思いませんでした
didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative 思って, 思いまして 思わないで, 思いませんで 思わなくて
Kanjis
思 ON: シ KUN: おも.う, おもえら.く, おぼ.す
think
Stroke: 9 Grade: 2 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 2-5-4 FC: 6033.3
想 ON: ソウ, ソ KUN: おも.う
concept, think, idea, thought
Stroke: 13 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-9-4 FC: 4633.3
念 ON: ネン
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Stroke: 8 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-2-6 FC: 8033.3
憶 ON: オク
recollection, think, remember
Stroke: 16 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-3-13 FC: 9003.3
懐 ON: カイ, エ KUN: ふところ, なつ.かしい, なつ.かしむ, なつ.く, なつ.ける, なず.ける, いだ.く, おも.う
pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast
Stroke: 16 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-3-13 FC: 9403.3
惟 ON: イ, ユイ KUN: おも.んみる, これ, おも.うに
consider, reflect, think
Stroke: 11 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-3-8 FC: 9001.1
think
Stroke: 9 Grade: 2 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 2-5-4 FC: 6033.3
想 ON: ソウ, ソ KUN: おも.う
concept, think, idea, thought
Stroke: 13 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-9-4 FC: 4633.3
念 ON: ネン
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Stroke: 8 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-2-6 FC: 8033.3
憶 ON: オク
recollection, think, remember
Stroke: 16 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-3-13 FC: 9003.3
懐 ON: カイ, エ KUN: ふところ, なつ.かしい, なつ.かしむ, なつ.く, なつ.ける, なず.ける, いだ.く, おも.う
pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast
Stroke: 16 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-3-13 FC: 9403.3
惟 ON: イ, ユイ KUN: おも.んみる, これ, おも.うに
consider, reflect, think
Stroke: 11 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-3-8 FC: 9001.1
Phrases
我々が思っているほどには、それほど我々は幸福でもなければ、不幸でもない。
We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine. We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.