想そう

noun

idea; conception; thought

A formal or literary noun for an idea, conception, or thought, often used in phrases such as 想を得る or 想を練る. In everyday conversation, 考え or アイデア is usually more natural.

• 作さっ家かは旅たび先さきで物もの語がたりの想そうを得えた。

  The writer got the idea for a story while traveling.

• 詩し人じんは月つきを見みながら詩しの想そうを練ねった。

  The poet developed the conception for a poem while looking at the moon.

noun

samjna; perception

Buddhist technical term for saṃjñā, commonly explained as perception or recognition; listed as one of the 五蘊.

See also: 五蘊

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、想そうは五ご蘊うんの一ひとつとされる。

  In Buddhism, samjna is regarded as one of the five aggregates.