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想像 (そうぞう, souzou) Japanese meaning: imagination | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Conjugation 想像する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 想そう 像ぞう する 想そう 像ぞう しない Polite 想そう 像ぞう します 想そう 像ぞう しません Past polite 想そう 像ぞう しました 想そう 像ぞう しませんでした Past 想そう 像ぞう した 想そう 像ぞう しなかった Te-form 想そう 像ぞう して 想そう 像ぞう しないで Desire 想そう 像ぞう したい 想そう 像ぞう したくない Potential 想そう 像ぞう できる 想そう 像ぞう できない Passive 想そう 像ぞう される 想そう 像ぞう されない Causative 想そう 像ぞう させる 想そう 像ぞう させない Causative passive 想そう 像ぞう させられる 想そう 像ぞう させられない Volitional 想そう 像ぞう しよう Polite volitional 想そう 像ぞう しましょう Imperative 想そう 像ぞう しろ 想そう 像ぞう するな Conditional 想そう 像ぞう すれば 想そう 像ぞう しなければ Tara conditional 想そう 像ぞう したら 想そう 像ぞう しなかったら
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His story was more interesting than I had imagined.
It's fun to imagine future technology.
I could guess the outcome.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 想そう 像ぞう する to imagine something (a scene, situation, or outcome)
I can't help laughing when I imagine his surprised face.
想そう 像ぞう 以い 上じょう に 〈 形けい 容よう 詞し 〉 more ... than one imagined
The exam was harder than I had imagined.
〈 事こと 〉 を 想そう 像ぞう で 補おぎな う to fill in the missing parts of something with imagination
Kanji 想 idea, thought, conception Related words· 11 予想 is a prediction based on evidence or reasoning, while 想像 can be a purely creative or speculative mental image.
空想 refers to fanciful daydreaming detached from reality, whereas 想像 can also be a realistic mental picture of something plausible.
推測 is a logical guess about facts based on available clues, while 想像 covers broader mental imagery, not just inference.
想像する means to imagine something mentally without any physical or verbal expression, whereas 描く in this sense implies forming a vivid, picture-like mental image.
Show 7 more 想像 is general imagination or forming a mental image, while 仮想 specifically denotes a hypothetical or virtual construct, often for technical or simulated purposes.
想像する is the general, everyday word for 'imagine', while 思い描く suggests actively forming a detailed, vivid mental picture.
想像する is the general verb for imagining anything, while 思い浮かべる stresses forming a concrete visual image in one's mind.
Don't confuse with 妄想 means a delusion or irrational fixed belief, while 想像 is a normal, conscious act of picturing or supposing something.
肖像 (a portrait or likeness) sounds very similar to 想像 (imagination), but the two words are unrelated in meaning.
想像 means 'imagination' or 'to imagine' freely, while 想定 means to set a specific working assumption for practical purposes.
Word family imagination; power of imagination
imaginary; in one's imagination
artist's impression; imaginary rendering
idealized image; ideal picture
Etymology From 想 (idea, thought) with 像 (image, figure), literally 'forming a mental image'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination naturally suggests creating an image in the mind.
Since there are no records, we can only fill in what things were like back then through imagination.
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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.
false pregnancy; pseudocyesis
as imagined; as expected; just as one pictured
