思し惟い

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

thought; thinking; contemplation

Only with reading しい

General term for deep thinking or contemplation; often used in philosophical or formal contexts. Reading is しい.

• 哲てつ学がく者しゃは存そん在ざいの意い味みについて思し惟いを巡めぐらせた。

  The philosopher contemplated the meaning of existence.

• 彼かれは静しずかな部屋へやで一人ひとり思し惟いにふけっていた。

  He was absorbed in thought alone in a quiet room.

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

deep contemplation (Buddhist); focused thinking

Only with reading しゆい

Buddhist term for using wisdom to penetrate the nature of reality; often read しゆい. Rare in everyday language.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、思し惟ゆいによって真しん理りを悟さとることができるとされる。

  In Buddhism, it is said that one can realize the truth through deep contemplation.