I Love Kanji思い込む (omoikomu)
思い込む (おもいこむ, omoikomu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おもいこむ
- Romaji
- omoikomu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to feel sure (that); to assume (that) · godan verb, intransitive
- to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be determined (to do); to be bent on · godan verb, intransitive
- to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 思い込む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 思い込む | おもいこむ omoikomu |
| Polite (~masu) | 思い込みます | おもいこみます omoikomimasu |
| Negative | 思い込まない | おもいこまない omoikomanai |
| Polite negative | 思い込みません | おもいこみません omoikomimasen |
| Past | 思い込んだ | おもいこんだ omoikonda |
| Polite past | 思い込みました | おもいこみました omoikomimashita |
| Negative past | 思い込まなかった | おもいこまなかった omoikomanakatta |
| Te-form | 思い込んで | おもいこんで omoikonde |
| Potential | 思い込める | おもいこめる omoikomeru |
| Passive | 思い込まれる | おもいこまれる omoikomareru |
| Causative | 思い込ませる | おもいこませる omoikomaseru |
| Volitional | 思い込もう | おもいこもう omoikomou |
| Imperative | 思い込め | おもいこめ omoikome |
| Conditional (~ba) | 思い込めば | おもいこめば omoikomeba |
Kanji in 思い込む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 思い込む.
思うおもうto think思い出すおもいだすto recall思想しそうthought意思いしintention思い出おもいでmemories思わずおもわずunconsciously不思議ふしぎwonderful思い付くおもいつくto think of思い切りおもいきりto one's heart's content思いっ切りおもいっきりto one's heart's content思いっきりおもいっきりto one's heart's content思い掛けないおもいがけないunexpected思考しこうthought思い付きおもいつきidea
Source: JMdict entry 1309230 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.