JLPT N3 · Verb

思い付く (omoitsuku)

思い付く (おもいつく, omoitsuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to think of; to hit upon”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おもいつく
Romaji
omoitsuku
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea · godan verb, transitive, intransitive
  2. to remember; to recall · godan verb, transitive, intransitive

Example sentences

いい考えを思いついた。
A good idea came into my mind.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 思い付く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary思い付くおもいつく omoitsuku
Polite (~masu)思い付きますおもいつきます omoitsukimasu
Negative思い付かないおもいつかない omoitsukanai
Polite negative思い付きませんおもいつきません omoitsukimasen
Past思い付いたおもいついた omoitsuita
Polite past思い付きましたおもいつきました omoitsukimashita
Negative past思い付かなかったおもいつかなかった omoitsukanakatta
Te-form思い付いておもいついて omoitsuite
Potential思い付けるおもいつける omoitsukeru
Passive思い付かれるおもいつかれる omoitsukareru
Causative思い付かせるおもいつかせる omoitsukaseru
Volitional思い付こうおもいつこう omoitsukou
Imperative思い付けおもいつけ omoitsuke
Conditional (~ba)思い付けばおもいつけば omoitsukeba

Kanji in 思い付く

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 思い付く.

Source: JMdict entry 1589330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.