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幽思 (yuushi) Japanese meaning: deep contemplation | Kotomora
じ 字 Furigana
Kanji 幽 seclude, confine to a room, deep Related words 黙もく 想そう 黙想 is silent meditation, often with a spiritual or religious connotation, while 幽思 is more about deep, sometimes melancholic, pondering without necessarily being silent or meditative.
思し 索さく 思索 is a general term for thinking or speculation, often philosophical, whereas 幽思 carries a nuance of quiet, introspective, and sometimes sorrowful reflection.
Etymology Compound of 幽 (yū, 'deep, quiet, hidden') and 思 (shi, 'thought'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is used in classical and literary Japanese to denote profound, often melancholic contemplation.
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は
作さく
者しゃ
の
幽ゆう
思し
が
にじみ
出で
て
いる
。
The poet's quiet rumination seeps through this verse.