思う – 30+ Japanese Verbs for Thinking, Remembering and Cognitive Activities
思う(おもう、) translates to think most of the time. It is used when you want to say something like, I thought his name was tom, he thought, “It is time” and so on. This verb can be used with other verbs as compound verbs to make even more specific meanings.
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Compound verbs are just two verbs stuck together. If you translate these from Japanese to English there is not always an exact equivalent. However, the list I provided below gives a close translation or explanation of what the word means.
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Word List for 思う
| 思い出す | おもいだす | remember something that was forgot |
| 思いつく | おもいつく | think of something or get an idea |
| 思い込む | おもいこむ | Be convinced that |
| 思い浮かべる | おもいうかべる | Call to mind |
| 思い浮かぶ | おもいうかぶ | to come to mind |
| 思い知る | おもいしる | realize or know something through feeling or experiencing it |
| 思いやる | おもいやる | sympathize with |
| 思い切る | おもいきる | give up on something |
| 思い当たる | おもいあたる | to be reminded of something |
| 思い描く | おもいえがく | visualize |
| 思い立つ | おもいたつ | resolve to do something |
| 思い返す | おもいかえす | I think back upon |
| 思い起こす | おもいおこす | Recall |
| 思い悩む | おもいなやむ | Worry |
| 思い至る | おもいいたる | come to realize or understand something |
| 思いとどまる | おもいとどまる | to desist from doing something or be discouraged |
| 思い詰める | おもいつめる | think hard about or be obsessed with a thought |
| 思い残す | おもいのこす | regret |
| 思い上がる | おもいあがる | Be conceited |
| 思い定める | おもいさだめる | make up one’s mind |
| 思い及ぶ | おもいおよぶ | think as far as something |
| 思いわずらう | おもいわずらう | Worry about |
| 思い合う | おもいあう | love one another |
| 思い合わせる | おもいあわせる | consider a number of factors |
| 思い迷う | おもいまよう | hesitate or not be able to make up one’s mind about doing something or between two choices |
| 思い余る | おもいあまる | be at a loss |
| 思い入る | おもいいる | contemplate |
| 思い焦がれる | おもいこがれる | yearn or long for |
| 思い乱れる | おもいみだれる | be conflicted |
| 思い過ごす | おもいすごす | Think too much |
| 思い惑う | おもいまどう | Be at a loss |
| 思い違える | おもいちがえる | mistake one thing for another |
| 思いなす | おもいなす | presume |
| 思いふける | おもいふける | be lost in thought |
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