I Love Kanji思う (omou)
思う (おもう, omou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to think; to consider”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おもう
- Romaji
- omou
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon · godan verb, transitive · 想う has connotations of heart-felt
- to think (of doing); to plan (to do) · godan verb, transitive
- to judge; to assess; to regard · godan verb, transitive
- to imagine; to suppose; to dream · godan verb, transitive
- to expect; to look forward to · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
我々が思っているほどには、それほど我々は幸福でもなければ、不幸でもない。
We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 思う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 思う | おもう omou |
| Polite (~masu) | 思います | おもいます omoimasu |
| Negative | 思わない | おもわない omowanai |
| Polite negative | 思いません | おもいません omoimasen |
| Past | 思った | おもった omotta |
| Polite past | 思いました | おもいました omoimashita |
| Negative past | 思わなかった | おもわなかった omowanakatta |
| Te-form | 思って | おもって omotte |
| Potential | 思える | おもえる omoeru |
| Passive | 思われる | おもわれる omowareru |
| Causative | 思わせる | おもわせる omowaseru |
| Volitional | 思おう | おもおう omoou |
| Imperative | 思え | おもえ omoe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 思えば | おもえば omoeba |
Kanji in 思う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 思う.
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思い込むおもいこむto be convinced (that)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 1589350 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.