思う（おもう）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 2
Meaning: to think / feel
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 思います | おもいます |
| te-form | 思って | おもって |
| ta-form (past) | 思った | おもった |
| nai-form (negative) | 思わない | おもわない |
| potential form | 思える | おもえる |
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Example sentences
- この映画はとても面白いと思う。 — I think this movie is really interesting.
- この時間なら、彼はもう来ないと思う。 — At this hour, I don't think he's coming anymore.
Idioms & proverbs containing “思う”
- 思う念力岩をも通す (おもうねんりきいわをもとおす) — where there is a will, there is a way
- 思う事言わねば腹膨る (おもうこといわねばはらふくる) — if you don't speak your mind, you'll feel uneasy afterwards
- 親思う心にまさる親心 (おやおもうこころにまさるおやごころ) — a parent's love is greater than a child's love for its parents
- いつまでもあると思うな親と金 (いつまでもあるとおもうなおやとかね) — you cannot rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents
- 思う壺にはまる (おもうつぼにはまる) — to turn out just as one wished; to come up to one's expectations; to play into the hands (of)
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