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回想する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	回かい想そうする	回かい想そうしない
Polite	回かい想そうします	回かい想そうしません
Past polite	回かい想そうしました	回かい想そうしませんでした
Past	回かい想そうした	回かい想そうしなかった
Te-form	回かい想そうして	回かい想そうしないで
Desire	回かい想そうしたい	回かい想そうしたくない
Potential	回かい想そうできる	回かい想そうできない
Passive	回かい想そうされる	回かい想そうされない
Causative	回かい想そうさせる	回かい想そうさせない
Causative passive	回かい想そうさせられる	回かい想そうさせられない
Volitional	回かい想そうしよう
Polite volitional	回かい想そうしましょう
Imperative	回かい想そうしろ	回かい想そうするな
Conditional	回かい想そうすれば	回かい想そうしなければ
Tara conditional	回かい想そうしたら	回かい想そうしなかったら

Meanings

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

recollection; retrospection; reminiscence

Act of looking back on past events or experiences, often with a reflective or nostalgic tone. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

彼かれは青せい春しゅん時じ代だいを回かい想そうして、しみじみとした気き持もちになった。
He reminisced about his youth and felt deeply moved.
この小しょう説せつは著ちょ者しゃの戦せん争そう体たい験けんの回かい想そうに基もとづいている。
This novel is based on the author's recollections of war experiences.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を回かい想そうするto reminisce about something
彼かれは学がく生せい時じ代だいを回かい想そうした。
He reminisced about his student days.
回かい想そうにふけるto be lost in reminiscence
彼かの女じょは静しずかな夜よるに回かい想そうにふけった。
She got lost in reminiscence on a quiet night.

Kanji

回-times, round, game
想idea, thought, conception

Related words· 7

回かい顧こN1
回顧 and 回想 both mean looking back on the past, but 回顧 often carries a more formal, summarizing tone used for reviewing a period or career, while 回想 focuses on the personal act of recalling specific memories.
追つい憶おく
追憶 is a literary, emotionally tinged word for wistfully dwelling on the past, whereas 回想 is more neutral and can describe any deliberate act of recollection.
記き憶おくN3
記憶 is a general term for memory as stored information, while 回想 emphasizes the act of actively recalling and reflecting on past events.
思おもい出でN4
思い出 refers to a specific memory or keepsake, often with emotional warmth; 回想 is more formal and describes the process of looking back.

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述じゅっ懐かい
回想 is the general word for recalling the past in one's mind, while 述懐 specifically means putting those memories or feelings into words for others.
振ふり返かえるN2
回想する is a formal, literary word for reminiscing, while 振り返る is the everyday conversational choice for looking back on the past.
思おもい起おこす
回想する means to reminisce or reflect on the past as a whole experience, whereas 思い起こす focuses on retrieving a specific memory or fact.

Don't confuse with

空くう想そうN2
回想 means looking back on real past events, while 空想 means imagining things that are not real, such as fantasies; the two are easily confused because of their similar kanji and sound.

Word family

回かい想そう記き
memoir; reminiscences
回かい想そう録ろく
memoirs; reminiscences
回かい想そうシーン
flashback scene

Etymology

Compound of 回 (turn back, revolve) and 想 (think, imagine), literally 'turning back one's thoughts'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination naturally conveys the meaning of retrospection.