想像する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 想像する | 想像しない |
| Polite | 想像します | 想像しません |
| Past polite | 想像しました | 想像しませんでした |
| Past | 想像した | 想像しなかった |
| Te-form | 想像して | 想像しないで |
| Desire | 想像したい | 想像したくない |
| Potential | 想像できる | 想像できない |
| Passive | 想像される | 想像されない |
| Causative | 想像させる | 想像させない |
| Causative passive | 想像させられる | 想像させられない |
| Volitional | 想像しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 想像しましょう | |
| Imperative | 想像しろ | 想像するな |
| Conditional | 想像すれば | 想像しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 想像したら | 想像しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
imagination; supposition; guess
Covers both creative mental imagery and forming a tentative belief about something unknown. Often used with する to mean 'imagine' or 'suppose'.
His story was more interesting than I had imagined.
未来の技術を想像するのは楽しい。
It's fun to imagine future technology.
その結果は想像できた。
I could guess the outcome.
I can't help laughing when I imagine his surprised face.
The exam was harder than I had imagined.
Since there are no records, we can only fill in what things were like back then through imagination.
想像 covers imagining or picturing things in general, whereas 憶測 is specifically an unfounded guess about facts or a situation.
想像 emphasizes the act of imagining or picturing something in your mind, whereas イメージ refers more to the resulting mental picture itself.
想像 is neutral, everyday imagination used for anything from planning to storytelling, whereas 妄想 specifically suggests an unrealistic or irrational fixation.
想像する specifically means to imagine or picture something, while 思う in this sense is a lighter, more general way of supposing.
連想 is triggered by an external stimulus that reminds you of something else, while 想像 is actively picturing or imagining something in your mind, even without a trigger.
idealized image; ideal picture
false pregnancy; pseudocyesis
as imagined; as expected; just as one pictured