思う
おもう
Also written 想う, 憶う, 念う
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
- to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
- to judge; to assess; to regard
- to imagine; to suppose; to dream
- to expect; to look forward to
- to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
- to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love
- to recall; to remember
Kanji
- 思 think. Read as おもう.
Example sentences
- 長い目で見れば違ってくると思います。
I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term. - 僕が最後に自分の考えを伝えた人は、僕を気違いだと思ったようだ。
The last person I told my idea to thought I was nuts. - 大抵の人は僕を気違いだと思っている。
Most people think I'm crazy. - 兄弟がいるとどんなだろうといつも思う。
I've always wondered what it'd be like to have siblings. - 私ならそう言っただろうと思う。
This is what I would have said.
Common phrases
- 誇りに思う (ほこりにおもう) to take pride in
- 疑問に思う (ぎもんにおもう) to doubt
- 残念に思う (ざんねんにおもう) to repent
- 心から思う
- 前から思う
- 思い続ける (おもいつづける) to think constantly about
- 本気で思う
- 常に思う
- 心の内で思う
- あかんと思う
- 家族を思う
- たびに思う
- 故郷を思う
- 大切な人を思う
- 恨みに思う
Words containing 思う
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