思し料りょう

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Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

careful consideration; deliberation

Formal, somewhat literary term for thinking something over carefully. Often used in official or written contexts.

この問もん題だいについては、十じゅう分ぶんに思し料りょうした上うえで結けつ論ろんを出だします。
Regarding this issue, I will reach a conclusion after careful consideration.

裁さい判ばん官かんは判はん決けつを下くだす前まえに、証しょう拠こを思し料りょうする。

The judge deliberates on the evidence before handing down a verdict.

Written forms

思し料りょうUsage55%
Standard kanji form for this word.
思し量りょうUsage45%
Alternate kanji form; 量 can suggest measuring or weighing in thought.

Kanji

思think
料fee, materials
量quantity, measure, weight

Similar words

考こう慮りょ
考慮 is the common word for 'consideration' in everyday and business Japanese. 思料 is more formal and literary, often implying deeper, more careful thought.
熟じゅっ考こう
熟考 means 'mature consideration' or 'pondering', similar in depth to 思料, but 思料 carries a more formal, almost legalistic tone.

Etymology

Compound of 思 (think) and 料 (measure, consider). The kanji 料 originally meant 'to measure rice', extending to 'consider' or 'judge'. The spelling 思量 uses 量 (quantity, measure) with a similar sense of weighing in thought.