考える
かんがえる
Also written 勘える, 稽える
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
- to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
- to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
- to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
- to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
- to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
- to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
Kanji
- 考 consider. Read as かんがえる.
Example sentences
- 最悪の場合を考えておこう。
Let's consider the worst that could happen. - これ以上考えても無駄だ。
It's useless to keep on thinking any more. - 最近考えることが多過ぎる。
I have too many things on my mind these days. - 彼らのコミュニケーションは我々が考えてきたものよりはるかに複雑かもしれません。
Their communication may be much more complex than we thought. - いままで試してきた他の政治形態を除いて考えると、民主主義とは最低の政治形態だ。
Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
Common phrases
- 一緒に考える
- 方法を考える
- 必要と考える
- 常に考える
- バランスを考える
- どう考えても (どうかんがえても) no matter how you look at it
- 頭で考える
- 健康を考える
- 将来を考える
- 自殺を考える
- 一番に考える
- よく考えたら (よくかんがえたら) on closer reflection
- 考え抜く (かんがえぬく) to think thoroughly
- 考えすぎる (かんがえすぎる) to think too much
- 最優先に考える
Words containing 考える
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