瞑めい想そう

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瞑想する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	瞑めい想そうする	瞑めい想そうしない
Polite	瞑めい想そうします	瞑めい想そうしません
Past polite	瞑めい想そうしました	瞑めい想そうしませんでした
Past	瞑めい想そうした	瞑めい想そうしなかった
Te-form	瞑めい想そうして	瞑めい想そうしないで
Desire	瞑めい想そうしたい	瞑めい想そうしたくない
Potential	瞑めい想そうできる	瞑めい想そうできない
Passive	瞑めい想そうされる	瞑めい想そうされない
Causative	瞑めい想そうさせる	瞑めい想そうさせない
Causative passive	瞑めい想そうさせられる	瞑めい想そうさせられない
Volitional	瞑めい想そうしよう
Polite volitional	瞑めい想そうしましょう
Imperative	瞑めい想そうしろ	瞑めい想そうするな
Conditional	瞑めい想そうすれば	瞑めい想そうしなければ
Tara conditional	瞑めい想そうしたら	瞑めい想そうしなかったら

Meanings

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

meditation; contemplation

Refers to the practice of quieting the mind, often in a spiritual or mindfulness context. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to meditate'.

毎まい朝あさ、十じゅっ分間ぷんかんの瞑めい想そうをしている。
I do ten minutes of meditation every morning.
彼かれは深ふかく瞑めい想そうして、心こころを落おち着つかせた。
He meditated deeply and calmed his mind.

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Usage patterns

瞑めい想そうにふけるto be absorbed in meditation
彼かれは毎まい朝あさ、静しずかな部屋へやで瞑めい想そうにふける。
Every morning, he immerses himself in meditation in a quiet room.
瞑めい想そうを行おこなうto practice/perform meditation
ヨガの前まえに十じゅっ分間ぷんかんの瞑めい想そうを行おこなう。
We do ten minutes of meditation before yoga.
瞑めい想そうに入はいるto enter a meditative state
目めを閉とじてゆっくりと瞑めい想そうに入はいる。
Close your eyes and slowly enter a meditative state.
瞑めい想そうの時じ間かんを持もつto set aside time for meditation
忙いそがしくても毎まい日にち瞑めい想そうの時じ間かんを持もつようにしている。
Even when I'm busy, I make sure to set aside time for meditation every day.

Kanji

瞑sleep, dark, close eyes
想idea, thought, conception
冥dark

Related words

黙もく想そう
黙想 stresses silent, thought-clearing contemplation (often religious or formal), while 瞑想 is the broader modern term covering mindfulness and guided meditation.
座ざ禅ぜんN1
座禅 names the specific seated Zen meditation posture and practice, whereas 瞑想 is a general word for meditation of any style.
沈ちん思し
沈思 refers to deep, focused thinking on a problem and lacks the spiritual/mindfulness connotation that 瞑想 usually carries.

Don't confuse with

迷めい走そう
瞑想 (meditation) and 迷走 (erratic wandering or malfunctioning) are pronounced identically as めいそう but have completely unrelated meanings, so context is essential.

Word family

瞑めい想そう家か
meditator; meditation practitioner
瞑めい想そう法ほう
meditation method; contemplation technique
瞑めい想そう生せい活かつ
life of meditation; contemplative life

Written forms

瞑めい想そうUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
冥めい想そうUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 瞑想 is overwhelmingly preferred.
めい想そうUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kana-kanji form; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

From 瞑 (mei, 'close the eyes') + 想 (sou, 'think, imagine'), literally 'close the eyes and think'. The term entered Japanese from Chinese Buddhist texts.