思おもいを巡めぐらせる

expression, ichidan verb

contemplate; ponder; think over; turn over in one's mind

Used when one deliberately lets thoughts wander or considers something deeply, often over a period of time. The object of thought is marked with ～に or ～について.

• 彼かれは将しょう来らいについて思おもいを巡めぐらせた。

  He pondered his future.

• 静しずかな夜よるに、遠とおい故ふる郷さとに思おもいを巡めぐらせる。

  On a quiet night, I turn my thoughts to my distant hometown.