noun
random thoughts; essay; miscellaneous writing
Refers to a literary genre of personal, informal essays or occasional writings, often published as a collection. The English glosses 'random thoughts' or 'desultory thoughts' are literal but the term is commonly used for essay collections.
彼の随想集は、日常の小さな発見を綴ったものだ。
His collection of essays is a record of small everyday discoveries.
随筆 is a broader term for essays or miscellaneous writings, while 随想 often implies more personal, reflective, or random thoughts.
From 随 (follow, accompany) and 想 (thought, idea), literally 'accompanying thoughts' or 'thoughts as they come'.