Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 思考する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 思し 考こう する 思し 考こう しない Polite 思し 考こう します 思し 考こう しません Past polite 思し 考こう しました 思し 考こう しませんでした Past 思し 考こう した 思し 考こう しなかった Te-form 思し 考こう して 思し 考こう しないで Desire 思し 考こう したい 思し 考こう したくない Potential 思し 考こう できる 思し 考こう できない Passive 思し 考こう される 思し 考こう されない Causative 思し 考こう させる 思し 考こう させない Causative passive 思し 考こう させられる 思し 考こう させられない Volitional 思し 考こう しよう Polite volitional 思し 考こう しましょう Imperative 思し 考こう しろ 思し 考こう するな Conditional 思し 考こう すれば 思し 考こう しなければ Tara conditional 思し 考こう したら 思し 考こう しなかったら
Usage patterns 論ろん 理り 的てき な 思し 考こう logical thinking
He's a person who thinks logically.
思し 考こう を 巡めぐ らせる to turn something over in one's mind; to ponder
She turned the problem over in her mind.
〈 事こと 〉 について 思し 考こう する to think about something
I think about the future of humanity.
抽ちゅう 象しょう 的てき な 思し 考こう abstract thinking
Abstract thinking is still difficult for children.
Transitive / intransitive 思考 (as 思考する) can be used intransitively, simply meaning 'to think' (例：彼はじっと思考した, 'He sat thinking quietly'), or transitively in formal contexts with an object marked by を (例：未来を思考する, 'to think about the future').
Related words· 6 考え is the everyday word for a thought, idea, or opinion, while 思考 is a more abstract, formal term for the process of thinking itself.
思想 refers to a body of thought, philosophy, or ideology, whereas 思考 refers to the act or process of thinking.
考慮 means to take something into consideration, a narrower act, while 思考 covers the broader mental process of reasoning.
思考 is the everyday word for the process of thinking, while 考 is a bound, mostly literary form that appears inside compounds like 思考 itself.
Show 2 more Show fewer 思考 is everyday, general thinking or reasoning, while 思索 refers to deeper, more philosophical or contemplative thought.
思考 is the process of thinking or thought itself, more abstract and formal than 考え方 , which emphasizes a personal style or approach.
Don't confuse with 思考 (thinking, the mental process) and 志向 (an orientation or inclination toward something) share the same reading しこう but mean very different things.
思考 (thinking) and 試行 (a trial or attempt, as in 試行錯誤 ) are homophones with unrelated meanings.
思考 means the mental act or process of thinking, while 思想 refers to the resulting body of ideas or ideology.
思考 (also read しこう ) means 'thought/thinking process', a completely different meaning from 嗜好 's 'taste/preference'.
Word family· 18 thinking ability; power of thought
magical thinking
vertical thinking; linear thinking; rigid thinking
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking for oneself · going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
thought process; train of thought; way of thinking
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way of thinking; thought pattern
flexible thinking; mental flexibility
lateral thinking
uniformity of thought; uniform thinking
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Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 思 , associated with thinking, and 考 , associated with considering or examining. The spelling transparently matches the modern meaning of thought or thinking.
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